Francis Longstreth Thompson
Francis Longstreth Thompson, OBE (3 May 1890 – 19 March 1973) was a British town planner and writer.
He was born in Croydon, Surrey, and studied at University College, London, where he took a degree in engineering.[1] In 1917 he published The Town Plan and the House, co-authored with Ernest G. Allen, showing the connection between housing design and site development.[2] In 1923 he wrote Site Planning In Practice: an investigation of the principles of housing estate development, which laid down many of the principles adopted in identifying and developing suitable sites for housing.[3] He worked with Thomas Adams on plans for the development of West Middlesex, co-authoring with Adams The West Middlesex Final Report in 1925.[4] He set up his own town planning consultancy, and was President of the Town Planning Institute in 1932-33.[5]
He died at Walmer, Kent, in 1973, aged 82.[6] His son was the historian Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson.
References
[edit]- ^ Agnes Longstreth Taylor, The Longstreth Family Records, 1909, p.371. Retrieved 28 March 2015
- ^ The Town Planning Review, Volume 7, Number 3-4, April 1918. Retrieved 28 March 2015
- ^ Lloyd, T. Alwyn (1923). "Reviewed work: Site Planning in Practice, F. Longstreth Thompson". The Town Planning Review. 10 (3): 207–209. doi:10.3828/tpr.10.3.212663716432r083. JSTOR 40101485.
- ^ "Reviewed work: The West Middlesex Final Report, Thomas Adams, Longstreth Thompson". The Town Planning Review. 11 (3): 205–207. 1925. doi:10.3828/tpr.11.3.g55m4837572853kp. JSTOR 40101660.
- ^ RTPI Past Presidents Archived 2015-06-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 March 2015
- ^ London Gazette, 8 May 1973, p.5848. Retrieved 28 March 2015
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