Herbert Jackson
Herbert Jackson (25 June 1909 – 1989), known as "Jacko", 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, and sometimes partnership with Thomas Alwyn Lloyd. Jackson was born in 1909, the son of John Herbert Jackson. He was educated at Handsworth Grammar School and Birmingham School of Architecture.
Herbert Jackson
- Name
- Herbert Jackson
- Born
- 25 June 1909
- Died
- 1989 (age 89-90)
- Place of death
- Warwickshire, England
- Occupation
- Architect
- Awards
- Saxon Snell Prize (1931)
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- Languages
- English
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Herbert Jackson (25 June 1909 – 1989), known as "Jacko", 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, and sometimes partnership with Thomas Alwyn Lloyd. Jackson was born in 1909, the son of John Herbert Jackson. He was educated at Handsworth Grammar School and Birmingham School of Architecture.
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He was awarded the Saxon Snell Prize in 1931, the same year he went into private practise. 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. His portrait was sketched in 1947 by the artist Bernard Fleetwood-Walker, an earlier RBSA President, whose son, Guy, worked for Jackson & Edmonds.
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• Name — Herbert Jackson • Born — 25 June 1909 • Died — 1989 (age 89-90) • Place of death — Warwickshire, England • Occupation — Architect • Awards — Saxon Snell Prize (1931)
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• 8pp * • (Stourbridge; 1945), 12pp, 1s. Report accepted by Council 30 July 1945 •, prepared in 1947 for the Minister of Town & Country Planning.
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- 1.A. & C. Black. Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died. 338. 1981. 978-0-7136-2176-1.
- 2.Herbert Jackson, 1947. B Fleetwood-Walker - All Known Works.
- 3.DSA Architect Biography Report. Dictionary of Scottish Architects.
- 4.Larkham, Peter J. Planning the 'City of Tomorrow' British reconstruction planning, 1339-1952: an annotated bibliography. 2012.
- 5.Sutcliffe, Anthony. Birmingham 1939–1970. Oxford University Press. 3. 1974. 0-19-215182-7.
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