Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie (b. 6 June 1879 in Ashton upon Mersey — d. 23 March 1957 in Aston Tirrold, Berkshire) was an English town planner. He trained as an architect before becoming the Professor of Civic Design at the Liverpool School of Architecture in 1915, and later Professor of Town Planning at University College London. Afterwards, he made award-winning designs for Dublin city centre and gradually asserted his dominance as an architect of international renown, which came about through the replanning of Plymouth, Hull, Bath, Edinburgh and Bournemouth, among others. This article is about the Scottish physician and antiquarian. ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Ashton upon Mersey is a district in the metropolitan borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. ... is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Aston Tirrold is a village and civil parish in the South Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, about four miles south-east of Didcot. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Affiliations University of London Russell Group LERU EUA ACU Golden Triangle G5 Website http://www. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... , Plymouth (Cornish: ) is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... Bath is a city in Somerset, England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... , Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ...

Sir Patrick was closely involved in the founding of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England (CPRE). After its formation in December 1926, he served as its Honorary Secretary. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE, formerly Council for the Preservation of Rural England ) is a voluntary anti-urbanist, pro-nature organisation. ...

He is best known for the post-World War II replanning of London. He created the County of London Plan (1943) and the Greater London Regional Plan (1944) which are commonly referred to as the Abercrombie Plan. The latter document was an extended and more thorough product than the 1943 publication, and for Abercrombie it was an accumulation of nearly 50 years of experience and knowledge in the field of planning and architecture. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The County of London Plan was prepared for the London County Council by J. H. Forshaw and Patrick Abercrombie in 1943. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

In 1945 he published A Plan for the City & County of Kingston upon Hull, with the assistance of Sir Edwin Lutyens. Lutyens had died the year before publication whilst much of the plan was being finalised, and the plan was ultimately rejected by the Councillors of Hull. Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE, PRA (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was a leading 20th century British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. ...

From the Abercrombie Plan plan came the New Towns movement which included the building of Harlow and Crawley and the largest 'out-county' estate, Harold Hill in north-east London. Patrick Abercrombie was knighted in 1945. A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. ... Crawley is a town and local government district in West Sussex, England. ... Harold Hill is also the name of a fictional character in the musical The Music Man, a con man who attempts to swindle an Iowa town by giving fake music lessons. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

During the postwar years, Sir Patrick was commissioned by the British government to redesign Hong Kong. In 1956 he was commissioned by Haile Selassie to draw up plans for the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. He died in 1957. Haile Selassie Haile Selassie (Power of Trinity) (July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975) was the last Emperor (1930–1936; 1941–1974) of Ethiopia, and is a religious symbol in the Rastafarian movement. ... For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...

Sir Patrick was the brother of Lascelles Abercrombie, poet and literary critic. Lascelles Abercrombie (also known as the Georgian Laureate) (January 9, 1881 – October 27, 1938) was a British poet and literary critic, one of the Dymock poets. He was born in Ashton upon Mersey and educated at the University of Manchester. ...

Buildings

• North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI) in Wrexham.

The North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (Welsh: Athrofa Addysg Uwch Gogledd Ddwyrain Cymru, commonly: NEWI, officially North East Wales Institute of Higher Education also University of Wales, NEWI) is a higher education institution based in Wrexham, in North Wales, UK. At present, NEWI is a full member of... , Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is a large (former industrial) town, conurbation and principal area of Wales lying in north-eastern part of the country. ...

Publications

• Sir Patrick Abercrombie, The Preservation of Rural England, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, London, 1926.
• J. H. Forshaw and Patrick Abercrombie, County of London Plan, Macmillan & Co. 1943.
• Edwin Lutyens & Patrick Abercrombie, A Plan for the City & County of Kingston upon Hull, Brown (London & Hull), 1945.

• Sir Patrick Abercrombie, Revised by D.Rigby Childs, "Town and Country Planning", ThirdEdition, Oxford University Press, 1959, Reprinted 1961 and 1967.

External links

• Biography from RIBA
• On the 1943/4 Abercrombie plans
• Encyclopaedia Britannica, Patrick Abercrombie
• Now We Must Rebuild: The Greater London Plan, 1944
• Department of Civic Design, Liverpool
• The Preservation of Rural England listed as one of the five most influential books of 1926 by the British Library