Michael Glickman, 79, architect who researched and wrote about the mathematical sophistication of crop circles

[Michael Rhodes]

For the last three decades of his life, Michael Glickman, who has died aged 78, was fascinated by crop circles, the patterns that appear unobserved and apparently spontaneously in farmers’ fields.

His previous experience as an architect, industrial designer and inventor equipped him to appreciate their intricate craft, and to enjoy them as art. He systematically analysed them, drew them with great precision, and wrote about them, most notably in Crop Circles: The Bones of God (2009), with a blend of seriousness and dry wit.

He had an exceptional ability to discern harmonious proportions and numbers woven into the design of these beautiful geometric patterns, which usually appear overnight, and are always perfectly finished in their design. The vast majority have occurred in the south of England, particularly in Wiltshire, although appearances elsewhere in the UK and in other countries are not unknown.

Michael Neil Glickman, cereologist and architect, born 16 May 1941; died 1 May 2020

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[Michael Rhodes]

__. Michael Glickman, who has died aged 78, 'was an architect, designer and author who emerged during the last three decades of his life as a leading “croppie” – someone who believes that the circles and geometric patterns that appear in corn fields every summer are the work of extra-terrestrials....

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For the last three decades of his life, Michael Glickman, who has died aged 78, was fascinated by crop circles, the patterns that appear unobserved and apparently spontaneously in farmers’ fields.
His previous experience as an architect, industrial designer and inventor equipped him to appreciate their intricate craft, and to enjoy them as art. He systematically analysed them, drew them with great precision, and wrote about them, most notably in Crop Circles: The Bones of God (2009), with a blend of seriousness and dry wit.
He had an exceptional ability to discern harmonious proportions and numbers woven into the design of these beautiful geometric patterns, which usually appear overnight, and are always perfectly finished in their design. The vast majority have occurred in the south of England, particularly in Wiltshire, although appearances elsewhere in the UK and in other countries are not unknown.
Michael Neil Glickman, cereologist and architect, born 16 May 1941; died 1 May 2020
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