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Louis Ambler FSA FRIBA (2 June 1862 - 1 April 1946) was an English architect.

Career

He was born on 2 June 1862 in Manningham in Yorkshire, the son of John Ambler (1832-1889) and Mary Hannah Wood (1831-1893). He was articled to

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and

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of Bradford where he won a prize in the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors Pupils’ Competition in 1883. Later he was assistant to

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. He also assisted

George Frederick Bodley George Frederick Bodley (14 March 182721 October 1907) was an English Gothic Revival architect. He was a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and worked in partnership with Thomas Garner for much of his career. He was one of the founders of Watt ...

. He began in independent practice in 1889 initially at 8 Osnaburgh Street, London, but by 1892 he had moved to The Clock House, Arundel Street, Strand, London. Later he was based at 200-2 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, London. He was nominated for ARIBA in 1888 and FRIBA in 1900. He was a Vice-President of the Society of Yorkshiremen in London in 1901. In 1921 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries. He died on 1 April 1946 at the Archway Hospital, Highgate in London and his funeral took place at the

Undercliffe Cemetery Undercliffe Cemetery is located between Otley Road and Undercliffe Lane in the Bolton and Undercliffe ward, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The cemetery stands atop a hillside overlooking the city and contains some very impressive Victoria ...

, Bradford on 6 April 1946.

Publications

*''The old halls and manor houses of Yorkshire''. Publisher: Batsford. 1913. *''The Ambler Family''. Publisher: Percy Lund, Humphries and Company. 1924.

Notable works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ambler, Louis 1862 births 1946 deaths Architects from Yorkshire People from Manningham, Bradford Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects