About Clifford Holliday
Lived 1897 – 1960 (aged 62). Clifford Holliday was a British architect.
Albert Clifford Holliday (1897–1960) M. Arch, Dip. C.D., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P., was a British architect and town planner who worked in several places across the British Empire, including Mandatory Palestine, Ceylon and Gibraltar, as well as in the UK.
Studies Holliday gained his qualifications at the University of Liverpool where he studied under Sir Charles Reilly and Patrick Abercrombie. He later designed the University of Ceylon with Abercrombie.
Career Mandate Palestine Holliday was commissioned as civic adviser to the city of Jerusalem between 1922 and 1926
United Kingdom In 1938, Holliday's design for a satellite town near Kincorth, outside Aberdeen, won an international prize.
In 1952 Holliday became Professor of Town and Country Planning at the University of Manchester. St Andrew's Church, aka the Scots Memorial Church (1930) Old Town Hall (1930) British and Foreign Bible Society Building (1926-28), 7 Yohanan MeGush Halav Street, now 8 Safra Square, currently housing municipality offices.
Elsewhere University of Ceylon, together with Patrick Abercrombie. Jerusalem Haifa Center–HaShmona railway station (inaugurated in 1937) Lydda – C. Holliday in 1829, followed later by Otto Polchek Netanya Ramla Tiberias
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Who was Clifford Holliday?
British architect (1897-1960)
When was Clifford Holliday born?
Clifford Holliday was born on 21 December 1897 in Gildersome.
When did Clifford Holliday die?
Clifford Holliday died on 26 September 1960 in Manchester.
What was Clifford Holliday's occupation?
Clifford Holliday was an architect.
What nationality was Clifford Holliday?
Clifford Holliday was British.
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