Lionel Pearson Explained

Lionel Godfrey Pearson (29 October 1879–19 March 1953)^[1] was a British architect, best known for the Grade I listed Royal Artillery Memorial, which he designed with the sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger.

Biography

Pearson was educated at Manchester Grammar School.^[1] He trained in Liverpool and then practiced in London, where from 1913, he worked in partnership with Henry Percy Adams and Charles Holden.^[2] Earlier work in London from 1901 was with Edward Schroeder Prior.^[1]

During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps.^[1]

He was the architect of Stanley Spencer's Sandham Memorial Chapel.^[3]

His architectural work included a number of hospitals. These included the new Westminster Hospital (1939), Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital (1928), Southend Hospital (1932), and the Mineral Water Hospital in Bath.^{[1] [4]}

Pearson married Melinda Elizabeth Osborne in 1932.^[1] His obituary was published in The Times on 27 March 1953.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lionel Godfrey Pearson. A Biographical Dictionary of the Architects of Greater Manchester 1800-1940. The Victorian Society. 11 February 2021.
2. Web site: David Goold . Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report . Scottisharchitects.org.uk . 16 February 1943 . 24 January 2016.
3. Web site: Term details . British Museum . 20 March 2015 . 24 January 2016.
4. Web site: Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital. Lost Hospitals of London. 11 February 2021.