Udolphus Aylmer Coates Explained

Udolphus Aylmer Coates
Honorific Suffix:OBE FRIBA
Nationality:British
Education:University of Liverpool

Udolphus Aylmer Coates, OBE FRIBA (1908 – 2000) was a British town planner.[1]

Life

He attended the University of Liverpool.[2] Coates became the first town planning officer for the City of Hull and his new development plan helped the city recover from the blitz.[3] He was also county planning officer for Lancashire.[1] He was President of the Royal Town Planning Institute from 1958-1959.[4] It was during his term that the Royal Town Planning Institute was granted a Royal Charter.[5] He was awarded an OBE in 1963.[1] In 1971, he retired as county planning officer for Lancashire and was succeeded by Jeffrey Rowbotham.[6] Coates died in 2000.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Struggle to get the Royal Seal of Approval for the Planning Profession #WTPD2019 . 20 June 2021. Linkedin.
  2. Web site: A Celebration of Civic Design and Planning . 20 June 2021. University of Liverpool.
  3. Web site: June 2014. Hull Civic Society Newsletter. 20 June 2021. Hull Civic Society.
  4. Web site: Past presidents . 20 June 2021. RTPI.
  5. Web site: 28 September 2019. By gracious approval': 60 years of chartered planners . 20 June 2021. The Plannner.
  6. Web site: Town and Country Planning - Volumes 39-40 Page 380 . 20 June 2021. Google Books.

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