Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Profiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century
1895, Flushing, Queens, New York, United States — 1990, Amenia, New York, United States
United States
Lewis Mumford is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Profiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century
Lewis Mumford was a historian, philosopher of technology and urban critic whose sweeping works — 'Technics and Civilization' and 'The City in History' — examined how machines and cities shape human life, earning him profiling among the major thinkers of the twentieth century. His biological father, Lewis Charles Mack, was Jewish, giving Mumford partial Jewish ancestry; he was raised by his mother in New York.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews Profiled in Thinkers of the Twentieth Century
Profiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews Profiled in Thinkers of the Twentieth Century
