Sir (Leslie) Patrick Abercrombie (1879 – 1957)

Sir (Leslie) Patrick Abercrombie (1879 – 1957)
Sir (Leslie) Patrick Abercrombie, British town planner and architect, who is known for his postwar “The Greater London Plan”. He was knighted in 1945.

Born in Ashton-upon-Mersey, he was educated at Liverpool University, where he became professor of civic design (1915 – 35). He then moved to University College, London, where he was professor of town planning from 1935 to 1946. He won the 1913 competition for replanning Dublin and wrote the standard prewar textbook Town and Country Planning (1933)

His first London plan (with J. H. Forshaw, 1943), was extended in 1944, with the help of a team of specialists, to The Greater London Plan, which was influential in planning the transport, population, distribution, industry, green belt, and other amenities of Greater London.

He prepared plans for other UK towns and regions including Edinburgh, Plymouth, Hull, Bath, Bristol, Sheffield, Bournemouth, and West Midlands.
Sir (Leslie) Patrick Abercrombie (1879 – 1957)