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F. J. O. practical idealist a biography of Sir Frederic Osborn

By: Language: English Publication details: London Town and Country Planning Association 1987Description: xii, 167p. ill. 22cmISBN:
  • 0902797158
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 920 $2 18
Partial contents:
Imprint of childhood -- City clerk -- Non-u university -- Letchworth and the First World War: 1912-1918 -- Post war genesis of Welwyn Garden City: 1919-1921 -- Early growth of Welwyn Garden City: 1921-1932 -- Quickening propaganda: 1932-1939 -- The Second World War and reconstruction: 1939-1945 -- Post-war achievement: 1945-1953 -- Keeping the new towns policy alive: 1950-1960 -- Witty verse -- Expanding propaganda: 1960-1968 -- The venerated planner: 1965-1971 -- Last years: 1971-1978 -- The significance of Osborn's achievements -- Biography of the principal writings of Frederic J. Osborn
Summary: Biography of a pioneering planner who helped develop the policy of moving population from Britain's overcrowded cities into new towns. Sir Frederic J. Osborn is largely credited with providing the impetus that led to the New Towns Act 1946 and is highly regarded as a planner who embraced his career in both its social and economic context.

Imprint of childhood -- City clerk -- Non-u university -- Letchworth and the First World War: 1912-1918 -- Post war genesis of Welwyn Garden City: 1919-1921 -- Early growth of Welwyn Garden City: 1921-1932 -- Quickening propaganda: 1932-1939 -- The Second World War and reconstruction: 1939-1945 -- Post-war achievement: 1945-1953 -- Keeping the new towns policy alive: 1950-1960 -- Witty verse -- Expanding propaganda: 1960-1968 -- The venerated planner: 1965-1971 -- Last years: 1971-1978 -- The significance of Osborn's achievements -- Biography of the principal writings of Frederic J. Osborn

Biography of a pioneering planner who helped develop the policy of moving population from Britain's overcrowded cities into new towns. Sir Frederic J. Osborn is largely credited with providing the impetus that led to the New Towns Act 1946 and is highly regarded as a planner who embraced his career in both its social and economic context.