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Alan Gore

1926 – 2006

Australian-born British architectural designer and garden historian

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Lived 1926 – 2006 (aged 79). Alan Gore was a British architect and designer.

Alan Gore (27 September 1926 – 5 April 2006) was an Australian-born British architectural designer and garden historian. As a partner in Gore, Gibberd & Saunders, he restored many historic houses in Britain and France. He was the author of several books, lectured in North America and Australia, and led tours of historic houses in England. He became known as "the king of the kitchen" His father, Francis Gore, was a tea planter in Assam in India before World War I; he subsequently owned a large farm in Queensland and eventually retired in Drinkstone, Suffolk, where he raised polo ponies on his farm. His mother, Kirstine, was a painter.

Gore also worked with interior designer John Beresford Fowler until 1977. He was the author of several books, lectured in North America and Australia, and conducted tours of historic houses in England.

Personal life and death Gore had a wife, Ann, who worked as a cooking instructor and fashion writer, and two sons. He died on 5 April 2006.

Works The English Garden (1979) The History of English Interiors (1991) English Interiors: An Illustrated History (1985) The English House (1985)

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Architectural Association School of Architecture, Wellington College, Berkshire

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Who was Alan Gore?

Australian-born British architectural designer and garden historian

When was Alan Gore born?

Alan Gore was born on 27 September 1926 in Queensland.

When did Alan Gore die?

Alan Gore died on 5 April 2006.

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Alan Gore was an architect and designer.

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Alan Gore was British.

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