About Dewi-Prys Thomas
Lived 1916 – 1985 (aged 69). Dewi-Prys Thomas was an architect.
Dewi-Prys Thomas (1916–1985) He was the first professor of architecture at the University of Wales and was also the head of the Welsh School of Architecture, where he instituted a new Department of Town Planning.
Life and career Thomas was born to a Welsh family in Liverpool in 1916. Cedarwood, a house he designed with Gerald Beech in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton, was named "House of the Year" in 1960 by Woman's Journal.
He returned to Wales once again in 1960 to head the Welsh School of Architecture, where he would remain until his retirement in 1981.
After retirement as a teacher, Thomas returned to practical architecture once more, contributing to the design of Y Pencadlys (County Hall) in Caernarfon,
His papers are held by the National Library of Wales.
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Who was Dewi-Prys Thomas?
architect (1916–1985)
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Dewi-Prys Thomas was born on 5 August 1916 in Toxteth Park.
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Dewi-Prys Thomas died on 28 November 1985 in Cardiff.
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Dewi-Prys Thomas was an architect.
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