Sir Patrick Abercrombie

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Sir Patrick Abercrombie was a prominent 20th-century British town planner best known for his influential post-World War II reconstruction and urban planning schemes for major UK cities.

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instanceOf British person
academic
human
town planner
urban planner
authorOf The Preservation of Rural England NERFINISHED
Town Planning in Practice NERFINISHED
Town and Country Planning NERFINISHED
awardReceived Gold Medal of the Royal Town Planning Institute NERFINISHED
Knighthood
Royal Gold Medal NERFINISHED
birthDate 1879-06-06
birthPlace Ashton upon Mersey NERFINISHED
Cheshire NERFINISHED
England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1957-03-23
deathPlace Aldeburgh NERFINISHED
England
Suffolk NERFINISHED
educatedAt King's College London NERFINISHED
University of Liverpool NERFINISHED
Uppingham School NERFINISHED
employer University College London NERFINISHED
University of Liverpool NERFINISHED
familyName Abercrombie NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork regional planning
town planning
urban planning
fullName Leslie Patrick Abercrombie NERFINISHED
givenName Leslie NERFINISHED
Patrick NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced development of new towns in the United Kingdom
post-war British urban planning policy
knownFor advocacy of green belts around cities
comprehensive plan for Greater London
integration of town and country planning
post-World War II reconstruction plans for British cities
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Institute of British Architects NERFINISHED
Royal Town Planning Institute NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableWork Bristol reconstruction plan NERFINISHED
County of London Plan NERFINISHED
Dublin of the Future NERFINISHED
Edinburgh plan NERFINISHED
Greater London Plan 1944 NERFINISHED
Hull reconstruction plan NERFINISHED
Oxford plan
Plymouth Plan NERFINISHED
occupation town planner
university teacher
urban planner
positionHeld Professor of Civic Design at the University of Liverpool
Professor of Town Planning at University College London

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Plymouth Blitz reconstructionPlanBy Sir Patrick Abercrombie