Lionel Godfrey Pearson (29 October 1879–19 March 1953) was a British architect, best known for the Grade I listed

Royal Artillery Memorial The Royal Artillery Memorial is a First World War memorial located on Hyde Park Corner in London, England. Designed by Charles Sargeant Jagger, with architectural work by Lionel Pearson, and unveiled in 1925, the memorial commemorates the 49,0 ...

, which he designed with the sculptor

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. Pearson was educated at

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. He trained in Liverpool and then practiced in London, where from 1913, he worked in partnership with

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and

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. Earlier work in London from 1901 was with

Edward Schroeder Prior Edward Schroeder Prior (1852–1932) was an architect, instrumental in establishing the arts and crafts movement. He was one of the foremost theorists of the second generation of the movement, writing extensively on architecture, art, craftsma ...

. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was the architect of Stanley Spencer's

Sandham Memorial Chapel Sandham Memorial Chapel is in the village of Burghclere, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed, 1920s decorated chapel, designed by Lionel Godfrey Pearson. The chapel was built to accommodate a series of paintings by the English artist Sta ...

. His architectural work included a number of hospitals. These included the new

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(1939),

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(1928), Southend Hospital (1932), and the Mineral Water Hospital in Bath. Pearson married Melinda Elizabeth Osborne in 1932. His obituary was published in ''The Times'' on 27 March 1953.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pearson, Lionel Godfrey 1879 births 1953 deaths Architects from Liverpool 20th-century English architects People of the Victorian era Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers British Army personnel of World War I