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Person
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John Roy Hunter
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Description area
Dates of existence
1923-
History
Born in York in 1923, he attended Leeds School of Architecture from 1947 to 1950 and graduated with a Dip. Arch. ARIBA. During WW2, he served in North Africa and Italy. During the war, he worked on design projects, including docks, rail and road bridges, and reconstruction work in the post-war period.
After graduation, he worked on the design and planning of housing projects in new towns, including Stevenage and Cumbernauld, in the 1950s and 1960s. He later worked in the directorate of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. Later, he lectured on urban and regional planning at Strathclyde University before retiring in the mid-1980s.