Herbert Jackson (architect)

Herbert Jackson FRIBA FRTPI (25 June 1909 – 1989), known as "Jacko",[2] 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,[3] and sometimes partnership with Thomas Alwyn Lloyd.[4]

Herbert Jackson
Born25 June 1909[1]
Died1989 (age 89-90)
Warwickshire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
Spouse
Margaret Elizabeth Pearson
(m. 1930)
AwardsSaxon Snell Prize (1931)

Jackson was born in 1909, the son of John Herbert Jackson. He was educated at Handsworth Grammar School and Birmingham School of Architecture.[1] He was awarded the Saxon Snell Prize in 1931, the same year he went into private practise.[3]

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.[4][5] 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.[3]

His portrait was sketched in 1947 by the artist Bernard Fleetwood-Walker, an earlier RBSA President, whose son, Guy, worked for Jackson & Edmonds.[2]

Publications edit

  • Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn; Jackson, Herbert (1943). Brierley Hill: Town planning and post-war reconstruction. Brierley Hill Urban District Council. 8pp
  • Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn; Jackson, Herbert (1944). Town planning and post-war reconstruction: report. Dudley County Borough Council.
  • Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn; Jackson, Herbert (1945). Town planning and post-war development, a report prepared by the Council's town planning consultants in collaboration with the Borough Engineer and Surveyor [G.N. Maynard]. (Stourbridge; 1945), 12pp, 1s. Report accepted by Council 30 July 1945
  • Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn; Jackson, Herbert (1949). South Wales Outline Plan: for the South Wales & Monmouthshire development area (excluding the Borough of Pembroke). HMSO., prepared in 1947 for the Minister of Town & Country Planning.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died. A. & C. Black. 1981. p. 338. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Herbert Jackson, 1947". B Fleetwood-Walker - All Known Works. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "DSA Architect Biography Report". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b Larkham, Peter J.; Lilley, Keith D. (2012). Planning the 'City of Tomorrow' British reconstruction planning, 1339-1952: an annotated bibliography.
  5. ^ Sutcliffe, Anthony; Smith, Roger (1974), Birmingham 1939–1970, History of Birmingham, vol. 3, London: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-215182-7

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