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Donald Gibson (other)
Donald Gibson may refer to: *Donald Gibson (architect) (1908–1991), City architect for Coventry from 1938 to 1954 *Donald E. Gibson, American academic administrator and author *Don Gibson (1928–2003), American songwriter and country musician *Don Gibson (footballer, born 1929), English footballer *Don Gibson (Australian footballer) (1908–1995), Australian rules footballer *Don Gibson (ice hockey) (born 1967), retired Canadian ice hockey player *Don Gibson (Home and Away), a fictional character on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' See also *Gibson (surname) *Dan Gibson (other) {{hndis, Gibson, Donald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Gibson (architect)
Sir Donald Edward Evelyn Gibson CBE (11 October 1908 – 22 December 1991) was Coventry’s first City Architect and Planning Officer, from 1938-1954; most famous for the postwar redevelopment of Coventry city centre following the Coventry Blitz. Education Gibson was educated at the High School of Dundee and Manchester Grammar School before attending the Manchester School of Architecture. He spent his fourth year at Harvard,Andrew Saint, ‘Gibson, Sir Donald Edward Evelyn (1908–1991)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 training in Boston, USA, before returning to the UK to qualify in 1932. Redevelopment of Coventry At the age of 29, Gibson was appointed as Coventry’s first City Architect and Planning Officer. The re-planning of Coventry City Centre began before the Blitz in 1940-1941; indeed, Gibson produced the initial plan to rebuild part of the city in early 1940, in order to resolve the problems of overcrowding and congestion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
