Edward John Dodgshun (22 September 1851 - 2 March 1927) was an

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Life

He was born in

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. From 1870 he worked for Thomas Ambler in Leeds. He later moved to London and worked for a year in the office of

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, and with

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. He returned to Leeds in 1875 where he commenced practice as an architect. He was in partnership with

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, under the name Dodgshun & Unsworth from around 1875 to 1879, and then from 1898 with George Dale Oliver as Oliver & Dodgshun in

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. In 1891, Dodgshun was elected a Fellow of the

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(FRIBA). He was also a member of the Leeds and Yorkshire Architectural Society and served as its President for two years. He died in

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, Yorkshire. His son, Leslie Sydney Dodgshun (1875-1930), followed him into the architectural profession.

Notable works

Notable works by Dodgshun include: * The

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(1879) with

. This burned down in 1926. It is now the

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. * Abtech House, offices of the West Riding Union Bank at 18 Park Row, Leeds. * The rebuilding of the fire-damaged

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, Yorkshire. File:Shakespeare-memorial-old.jpg, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre File:Abtech_House.jpg, Abtech House

References

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