Jeffrey Rowbotham,

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(23 August 1920 – 1 March 1984) was a Scottish

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Life

From February to August 1939, Rowbotham was an apprentice for James M Monro & Son. In September 1939, he started a

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course at

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. From June 1941 to September 1943 he continued working as an apprentice this time for Thomas Smith Cordiner. In 1945, he was awarded his diploma and passed the professional practice exam. Around this time he joined the Clyde Valley Regional Planning Advisory Committee. In 1946, he was elected

, his proposers being William James Smith,

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

and Alexander Wright. In 1971, he became County Planning officer for

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after the retirement of

Udolphus Aylmer Coates Udolphus Aylmer Coates, OBE FRIBA (1908 – 2000) was a British town planner. Life He attended the University of Liverpool. Coates became the first town planning officer for the City of Hull and his new development plan helped the city rec ...

. He retired in 1983 and died a year later.

References

1920 births 1984 deaths Architects from Glasgow Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art 20th-century Scottish architects Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects {{Scotland-architect-stub