Herbert Jackson (architect)

Herbert Jackson FRIBA FRTPI (25 June 1909 – 1989), known as "Jacko",^[2] was a British architect and town planner, active in Birmingham and the Black Country, England, during and after World War II. He worked in the practice of Jackson & Edmonds,^[3] and sometimes partnership with Thomas Alwyn Lloyd.^[4]

Herbert Jackson
Born	25 June 1909[1]
Died	1989 (age 89-90) Warwickshire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect
Spouse	Margaret Elizabeth Pearson ​ ​ (m. 1930)​
Awards	Saxon Snell Prize (1931)

Jackson was born in 1909, the son of John Herbert Jackson. He was educated at Handsworth Grammar School and Birmingham School of Architecture.^[1] He was awarded the Saxon Snell Prize in 1931, the same year he went into private practise.^[3]

With Patrick Abercrombie, in 1948 he authored The West Midlands Plan and the North Staffordshire Plan, each commissioned by the Minister for Town and Country Planning.^[4][5] He was President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) from 1960–1962.

In 1955, his address was given as 25 Augustus Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.^[3]

His portrait was sketched in 1947 by the artist Bernard Fleetwood-Walker, an earlier RBSA President, whose son, Guy, worked for Jackson & Edmonds.^[2]

Publications

• Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn; Jackson, Herbert (1943). Brierley Hill: Town planning and post-war reconstruction. Brierley Hill Urban District Council. 8pp
• Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn; Jackson, Herbert (1944). Town planning and post-war reconstruction: report. Dudley County Borough Council.
• Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn; Jackson, Herbert (1945). Town planning and post-war development, a report prepared by the Council's town planning consultants in collaboration with the Borough Engineer and Surveyor [G.N. Maynard]. (Stourbridge; 1945), 12pp, 1s. Report accepted by Council 30 July 1945
• Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn; Jackson, Herbert (1949). South Wales Outline Plan: for the South Wales & Monmouthshire development area (excluding the Borough of Pembroke). HMSO., prepared in 1947 for the Minister of Town & Country Planning.