Patrick Abercrombie
Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie ( ; 6 June 1879 – 23 March 1957) was an English
architect,
urban designer and
town planner, best known as the man who created London. Abercrombie was an academic during most of his career, and prepared one city plan and several regional studies prior to the
Second World War. He came to prominence in the 1940s for his urban plans of the cities of
Plymouth,
Hull,
Bath,
Bournemouth,
Hong Kong,
Addis Ababa,
Cyprus,
Edinburgh,
Clyde Valley and
Greater London.
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