Lewis Mumford
1895
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1990
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: City College of New York, New School, Stuyvesant High School, New York University, Columbia University
occupation: architect, historian of technology, historian, sociologist, screenwriter, literary critic, philosopher, journalist, urban planner, writer, architectural theoretician, art historian
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, National Medal of Arts, Royal Gold Medal, National Book Award for Nonfiction, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Emerson-Thoreau Medal, Hodgkins Medal, Benjamin Franklin Medal
influenced by: Patrick Geddes, Thorstein Veblen, Herman Melville
Lewis Mumford (19 October 1895 – 26 January 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a writer. He made signal contributions to social philosophy, American literary and cultural history, and the history of technology.He was influenced by the work of Scottish theorist Sir Patrick Geddes and worked closely with his associate the British sociologist Victor Branford. Mumford was also a contemporary and friend of Frank Lloyd Wright, Clarence Stein, Frederic Osborn, Edmund N. Bacon, and Vannevar Bush. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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