Jeffrey Rowbotham,

ARIBA The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

(23 August 1920 – 1 March 1984) was a

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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 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 ...

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

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after the retirement of Udolphus Aylmer Coates. 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