Ranulph Glanville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ranulph Glanville

British cyberneticist

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1946

Place of Birth: Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Dec-2014

Profession: architect

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ranulph Glanville (13 June 1946 – 20 December 2014) was an Anglo-Irish cybernetician, design researcher, theorist, educator and multi-platform artist/designer/performer.
He spent most of his career teaching at Portsmouth University, and was later professor of research in Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art, London, professor of research design in the Faculty of Architecture Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and adjunct professor of design research at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne.
He was known for his contributions in the field of design research, and cybernetics.Glanville maintained a small art practice including music, video, architecture, publishing, writing and installation/land art as well as design and architecture.
He has organised international conferences, exhibitions and performances, as well as taking part in them.
He was internationally regarded as a lecturer, keynote speaker and consultant.
He held several other professorial posts in a variety of specialisms, at universities around the world.
He was Vice-President of the American Society for Cybernetics for one term, from 2006 to 2009, and President of the American Society for Cybernetics for two terms, from 2009 to 2014 inclusive.