Francis Longstreth Thompson,

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(3 May 1890 – 19 March 1973) was a British town planner and writer. He was born in

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, and studied at

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, where he took a degree in engineering. In 1917 he published ''The Town Plan and the House'', co-authored with Ernest G. Allen, showing the connection between housing design and site development. In 1923 he wrote ''Site Planning In Practice: an investigation of the principles of housing estate development'', which laid down many of the principles adopted in identifying and developing suitable sites for housing. He worked with

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on plans for the development of West

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, co-authoring with Adams ''The West Middlesex Final Report'' in 1925. He set up his own town planning consultancy, and was President of the

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in 1932-33. He died at

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, in 1973, aged 82. ''London Gazette'', 8 May 1973, p.5848
Retrieved 28 March 2015 His son was the historian

Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson (13 August 1925 – 23 August 2017) was an English economic and social historian. He wrote several books. Early life The son of Francis Longstreth Thompson, he was educated at Bootham School, York; The Q ...

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