Louis Ambler Explained

Louis Ambler FSA FRIBA (2 June 1862 - 1 April 1946) was an English architect.^[1]

Career

He was born on 2 June 1862 in Manningham in Yorkshire, the son of John Ambler (1832-1889) and Mary Hannah Wood (1831-1893).

He was articled to Henry Francis Lockwood and William Mawson of Bradford where he won a prize in the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors Pupils’ Competition in 1883.^[2] Later he was assistant to Robert William Edis. He also assisted George Frederick Bodley.

He began in independent practice in 1889 initially at 8 Osnaburgh Street, London, but by 1892 he had moved to The Clock House, Arundel Street, Strand, London. Later he was based at 200-2 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, London.

He was nominated for ARIBA in 1888 and FRIBA in 1900.

He was a Vice-President of the Society of Yorkshiremen in London in 1901.^[3]

In 1921 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries.^[4]

He died on 1 April 1946 at the Archway Hospital, Highgate in London and his funeral took place at the Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford on 6 April 1946.^[5]

Publications

• The old halls and manor houses of Yorkshire. Publisher: Batsford. 1913.^[6]
• The Ambler Family. Publisher: Percy Lund, Humphries and Company. 1924.

Notes and References

1. Book: Brodie, Antonia . 20 December 2001 . Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K) . Royal Institute of British Architects . 36 . 0826455131 .
2. News: . Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors . Bradford Daily Telegraph . England . 1 November 1883 . 31 March 2019 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
3. News: . Mr. Louis Ambler . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . England . 3 April 1946 . 31 March 2019 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
4. News: . A Yorkshire Antiquary . Sheffield Daily Telegraph . England . 4 June 1921 . 31 March 2019 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
5. News: . Late Mr. Louis Ambler . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . England . 8 April 1946 . 31 March 2019 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
6. News: . New Books Received Yesterday . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . England . 17 December 1913 . 31 March 2019 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .