Editing Lewis Mumford (section)

{{Short description|American scholar and writer (1895–1990)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name             = Lewis Mumford
| image            = Lewis Mumford's passport application.jpg
| caption          = Passport application, 1920
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1895|10|19}}
| birth_place      = [[Flushing, New York]], U.S.{{r|lmc-c}}
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1990|1|26|1895|10|19}}
| death_place      = [[Amenia, New York]], U.S.{{r|lmc-c}}
| occupation       = {{cslist |Historian |writer}}
| genre            = {{cslist |History |[[philosophy of technology]]}}
| notableworks     = {{cslist|''[[The City in History]]''| ''[[Technics and Civilization]]''| ''[[The Myth of the Machine]]''}}
| awards           = [[Leonardo da Vinci Medal]] (1969)
| education        = [[City College of New York]]<br>[[The New School]]
}}

'''Lewis Mumford''' (October 19, 1895&nbsp;– January 26, 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 significant contributions to [[social philosophy]], American literary and cultural history, and the [[history of technology]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the City|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacity00cave|url-access=limited|last=Caves|first=R. W.|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=9780415252256|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacity00cave/page/n517 477]}}</ref>  

Mumford 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]].