Clifford Holliday

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Albert Clifford Holliday
Born(1897-12-21)21 December 1897
Gildersome, England
Died26 September 1960(1960-09-26) (aged 62)
Manchester, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool
OccupationArchitect
DesignMaster plan of Jerusalem
Holliday's city plan for Jerusalem (1930)

Albert Clifford Holliday (1897–1960) M. Arch, Dip. C.D., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.,[1] was a British architect and town planner. He gained his qualifications at the University of Liverpool where he studied under Sir Charles Reilly and Patrick Abercrombie.[2] He later designed the University of Ceylon with Abercrombie.[3]

Holliday was commissioned by the authorities of the British Mandate for many projects in the colonies of the British Empire, including Mandatory Palestine, Ceylon and Gibraltar.

He was civic adviser to the city of Jerusalem between 1922-26[3] and town planning advisor to the government of Palestine between 1928 and 1934.[2] He drew up a masterplan for Jerusalem and the restoration of its walls.[4] In 1952 he became Professor of Town and Country Planning at the University of Manchester.[3] In 1938, Holliday's design for a satellite town, near Kincorth, outside Aberdeen, won an international prize. He was also involved in preparation in schemes for Haslingden and Stoke-on-Trent.[3] In 1947, Holliday was appointed Chief Architect for the first postwar British new town, Stevenage.[2] He revised the plan for Stevenage, from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning's original plan, in 1949.[5]

Holliday had four sons.

References[]

  1. ^ 'University of Manchester' (advertisement) Manchester Guardian, 18 January 1957 p. 12
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c 'Stevenage Architect', Manchester Guardian, 16 October 1947, p. 6
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d 'Prof. C. Holliday' London Guardian, 30 September 1960 p. 15
  4. ^ Herbert, Gilbert (2003). "Holliday, A(lbert) Clifford". Oxford Art Online. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t038658. ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4.
  5. ^ Frank Schaffer, The New Town Story, Macgibbon and See, London 1970 p. 261


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