Louis Ambler

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St Michael and All Angels' Church, Outram Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 1909
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Drighlington Tempest Constitutional Club 1910

Louis Ambler FSA FRIBA (2 June 1862 - 1 April 1946) was an English architect. [1]

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Career

He was born on 2 June 1862 in Manningham in Yorkshire, the son of John Ambler (1832-1889) and Mary Hannah Wood (1831-1893).

He was articled to Henry Francis Lockwood and William Mawson of Bradford where he won a prize in the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors Pupils’ Competition in 1883. [2] Later he was assistant to Robert William Edis. He also assisted George Frederick Bodley.

He began in independent practice in 1889 initially at 8 Osnaburgh Street, London, but by 1892 he had moved to The Clock House, Arundel Street, Strand, London. Later he was based at 200-2 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, London.

He was nominated for ARIBA in 1888 and FRIBA in 1900.

He was a Vice-President of the Society of Yorkshiremen in London in 1901. [3]

In 1921 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries. [4]

He died on 1 April 1946 at the Archway Hospital, Highgate in London and his funeral took place at the Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford on 6 April 1946. [5]

Publications

Notable works

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References

  1. Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 36. ISBN   0826455131.
  2. "Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors" . Bradford Daily Telegraph. England. 1 November 1883. Retrieved 31 March 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Mr. Louis Ambler" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 3 April 1946. Retrieved 31 March 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "A Yorkshire Antiquary" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 4 June 1921. Retrieved 31 March 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Late Mr. Louis Ambler" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 8 April 1946. Retrieved 31 March 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "New Books Received Yesterday" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 17 December 1913. Retrieved 31 March 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.
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  11. "Titchfield" . Hampshire Chronicle. England. 22 April 1905. Retrieved 31 March 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "New Church Hall at Hucknall" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 2 August 1906. Retrieved 31 March 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.
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