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Victor John Frederick Farrar was born in Bedford, England in 1930. [2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School between 1940 and 1946 where he excelled at cross country running for which he would later represent Bedfordshire. [2] Farrar’s success at the sport was such that he became an Honorary Life Member of the English Cross Country Union. [2]
Eric Bedford CB CVO (8 November 1909 – 28 July 2001) was a twentieth-century British architect whose most famous work is London's BT Tower. In 1961, construction began on what was then known as the Post Office Tower, with Bedford as Chief Architect and G R Yeats as senior architect in charge. Completed in 1965, with a height of 177 metres ...
Herbert Baker (1862–1946) (South Africa, though he returned to England in 1913) James Barnet (1827–1904) (Australia) Edward Bartley (1839–1919) (New Zealand)
Bedford was founded at a ford on the River Great Ouse and is thought to have been the burial place of King Offa of Mercia, who is remembered for building Offa's Dyke on the Welsh border. Bedford Castle was built by Henry I, although it was destroyed in 1224. Bedford was granted borough status in 1166 and has been represented in Parliament since ...
Dennis Sharp was born in Bedford and studied at Bedford Modern School (1945–1951) and at Luton School of Art (1951–1954). [1] From 1954 to 1957, he studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and was Leverhulme Research Fellow, School of Architecture, University of Liverpool from 1960 to 1963.
Richard Fuller, Member of Parliament for Bedford and Kempston 2010-2017; Patrick Hall, Member of Parliament for Bedford and Kempston from 1997 to 2010; Sir William Harpur, Lord Mayor of London in 1561; Dave Hodgson, former directly elected mayor of Bedford; Alfred Mitchell-Innes, diplomat, who also served on Bedford Town Council for 23 years
From 1859, the AA shared premises at 9 Conduit Street with the Royal Institute of British Architects, [7] later (1891) renting rooms in Great Marlborough Street. [7] AA Bedford Square premises. The AA School was formally established in 1890, and in 1901, it moved to the former Royal Architectural Museum in Tufton Street, Westminster.
The earliest parts of the building, which was constructed as the home of Bedford Grammar School, date from around 1550. [2] The school was established in accordance with letters patent issued by King Edward VI in August 1552 and it was endowed by the local merchant and Lord Mayor of London , Sir William Harpur , in 1566. [ 2 ]