Herbert Jackson (25 June 1909 – 1989), known as "Jacko", was a British architect and

town planner An urban planner (also known as town planner) is a professional who practices in the field of town planning, urban planning or city planning. An urban planner may focus on a specific area of practice and have a title such as city planner, tow ...

, active in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

and the

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, England, during and after

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. He worked in the practice of Jackson & Edmonds, and sometimes partnership with

Thomas Alwyn Lloyd Thomas Alwyn Lloyd OBE (11 August 1881 – 19 June 1960), known as ''T. Alwyn Lloyd'', was a Welsh architect and town planner. He was one of the founders of the Town Planning Institute in 1914 and its President in 1933. He was also a founding m ...

. Jackson was born in 1909, the son of John Herbert Jackson. He was educated at

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and

Birmingham School of Architecture Birmingham City University (abbrev. BCU) is a university in Birmingham, England. Initially established as the Birmingham College of Art with roots dating back to 1843, it was designated as a polytechnic in 1971 and gained university status in ...

. He was awarded the Saxon Snell Prize in 1931, the same year he went into private practise. With

Patrick Abercrombie Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie ( ; 6 June 1879 – 23 March 1957) was an English architect, urban designer and town planner. Abercrombie was an academic during most of his career, and prepared one city plan and several regional studies prior ...

, in 1948 he authored ''The West Midlands Plan'' and the ''North Staffordshire Plan'', each commissioned by the Minister for Town and Country Planning. He was President of the

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) is an art society, based in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, England, where it owns and operates an art gallery, the RBSA Gallery, on Brook Street, just off St Paul's Square, Birmingham, St Pa ...

(RBSA) from 1960–1962. In 1955, his address was given as 25 Augustus Road,

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, Birmingham. His portrait was sketched in 1947 by the artist

Bernard Fleetwood-Walker Bernard Fleetwood-Walker , PPRBSA, (22 March 1893 – 30 January 1965) was an English artist and teacher of painting. Bernard Fleetwood-Walker (invariably known as B. Fleetwood-Walker) was born on 22 March 1893 in Birmingham, United Kingdo ...

, an earlier RBSA President, whose son, Guy, worked for Jackson & Edmonds.

Publications

* 8pp * * (Stourbridge; 1945), 12pp, 1s. Report accepted by Council 30 July 1945 * , prepared in 1947 for the Minister of Town & Country Planning.

References

External links

Fleetwood-Walker portrait
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Herbert Architects from Birmingham, West Midlands 1909 births 1989 deaths Date of death missing 20th-century English architects Members and Associates of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects