Herbert Jackson (architect)

Herbert Jackson
FRIBA
Born 1909
Nationality British
Occupation Architect
Awards Saxon Snell Prize (1931)

Herbert Jackson FRIBA (born 1909), known as "Jacko",[1] was a British architect and town planner, active in Birmingham and the Black Country, England, during and after World War II. He worked in the practice of Jackson & Edmonds,[2] and sometimes partnership with Thomas Alwyn Lloyd.[3]

He was awarded the Saxon Snell Prize in 1931.[2]

With Patrick Abercrombie, in 1948 he authored The West Midlands Plan and the North Staffordshire Plan, each commissioned by the Minister for Town and Country Planning.[3][4] He was President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) from 1960–1962.

In 1955, his address was given as 25, Augustus Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.[2]

His portrait was sketched in 1947 by the artist Bernard Fleetwood-Walker, an earlier RBSA President, whose son, Guy, worked for Jackson & Edmonds.[1]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Herbert Jackson, 1947". B Fleetwood-Walker - All Known Works. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "DSA Architect Biography Report". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 Larkham, Peter J.; Lilley, Keith D. (2012). Planning the 'City of Tomorrow' British reconstruction planning, 1339-1952: an annotated bibliography.
  4. Sutcliffe, Anthony; Smith, Roger (1974), Birmingham 1939–1970, History of Birmingham 3, London: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-215182-7

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