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{{Short description|British zoologist (1953–2024)}} |
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| birth_place = [[Republic of Venezuela|Venezuela]] |
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| occupation = Zoologist |
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'''Stephan Harding''' ( |
'''Stephan Harding''' ( 1953 – September 2024) was a British zoologist and ecologist.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dellinger|first=Drew|date=5 September 2024|title=Schumacher College Closes Doors at Dartington as Legendary Professor, Stephan Harding, Passes.|trans-title= |url=https://drewdellinger.substack.com/p/schumacher-college-closes-doors-at|language= |work=Drew Dellinger|location= |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> He specialized in [[holism]] and the [[Gaia hypothesis]] and was a founding member of [[Schumacher College]], where he coordinated the master's program in holistic sciences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://humansandnature.org/stephan-harding/|title=Stephan Harding|work=Center for Humans & Nature}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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During his career, Harding collaborated with various scientists. He most closely worked with Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis considered the Earth to be a living being, creating its own habitat. The pair worked on a model that would generate feedback between organisms and their environment.<ref>{{cite news |last=Massó|first=Robert|date=5 February 2022|title=El retorno de Gaia|trans-title= |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/culturas/20220205/8032799/gaia-sagan-lovelock-margulis.html|language=Spanish|work=[[La Vanguardia]]|location= |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> |
During his career, Harding collaborated with various scientists. He most closely worked with Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis considered the Earth to be a living being, creating its own habitat. The pair worked on a model that would generate feedback between organisms and their environment.<ref>{{cite news |last=Massó|first=Robert|date=5 February 2022|title=El retorno de Gaia|trans-title= |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/culturas/20220205/8032799/gaia-sagan-lovelock-margulis.html|language=Spanish|work=[[La Vanguardia]]|location= |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> |
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Harding died in the United Kingdom on September 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miotto|first=Karina|date=5 September 2024|title=Stephan Harding e seu legado mais que planetário|trans-title= |url=https://oeco.org.br/analises/stephan-harding-e-seu-legado-mais-que-planetario/|language=Portuguese|work=((oeco))|location= |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 09:35, 19 September 2024
Stephan Harding | |
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| Born | 8 July 1953 |
| Died | 2 September 2024 (aged 71) United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Durham University Oxford University |
| Occupation | Zoologist |
Stephan Harding (8 July 1953 – 2 September 2024) was a British zoologist and ecologist.[1] He specialized in holism and the Gaia hypothesis and was a founding member of Schumacher College, where he coordinated the master's program in holistic sciences.[2]
Biography
[edit]Born in Venezuela in 1953, Harding earned an undergraduate degree in zoology from Durham University and a doctorate in the behavioral ecology of muntjacs from Oxford University.[3] While at Oxford, he conducted field research in Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and Costa Rica. After his studies, he was a founding member of Schumacher College and became close associates with James Lovelock.[4] At the college, he researched deep ecology[5] and led the holistic sciences master's program for twenty years.[6]
During his career, Harding collaborated with various scientists. He most closely worked with Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis considered the Earth to be a living being, creating its own habitat. The pair worked on a model that would generate feedback between organisms and their environment.[7]
Harding died in the United Kingdom on 2 September 2024.[8]
Works
[edit]- Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia (2006)[9]
- Gaia Alchemy: The Reuniting of Science, Psyche, and Soul (2022)[10]
As editor
[edit]- Grow Small, Think Beautiful: Ideas for a Sustainable World from Schumacher College (2011)[11]
As translator
[edit]- Courting the Dawn: Poems of Lorca (2019)
References
[edit]- ^ Dellinger, Drew (5 September 2024). "Schumacher College Closes Doors at Dartington as Legendary Professor, Stephan Harding, Passes". Drew Dellinger. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Stephan Harding". Center for Humans & Nature.
- ^ "Stephan Harding". Sophia Centre Press. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Dr Stephan Harding remembers James Lovelock". Dartington Trust. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Dr Stephan Harding". Dartington Trust.
- ^ "Stephan Harding". Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (in Spanish).
- ^ Massó, Robert (5 February 2022). "El retorno de Gaia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ Miotto, Karina (5 September 2024). "Stephan Harding e seu legado mais que planetário". ((oeco)) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Animate Earth: An interview with Stephan Harding". The Gaia Foundation.
- ^ Bollier, David (1 June 2022). "Dr. Stephan Harding on Gaia Alchemy and the Animate Earth". Think Resilience. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ Fresneda, Carlos (5 May 2012). "Lo pequeño es hermoso". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
