Kevin A. Lynch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kevin A. Lynch

American urban planner and author (1918-1984)

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1918

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1984

Profession: writer, architect, urban planner, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Kevin Andrew Lynch (January 7, 1918 – April 25, 1984) was an American urban planner and author.
He is known for his work on the perceptual form of urban environments and was an early proponent of mental mapping.
His most influential books include The Image of the City (1960), a seminal work on the perceptual form of urban environments, and What Time is This Place? (1972), which theorizes how the physical environment captures and refigures temporal processes. A student of architect Frank Lloyd Wright before training in city planning, Lynch spent his academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, teaching there from 1948 to 1978.
He practiced site planning and urban design professionally with Carr/Lynch Associates, later known as Carr, Lynch, and Sandell.