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to study Soviet town planning. He was active in the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR after the Second World War and was a founder member of the
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He married Marjorie Tall on 22 April 1939 with whom he would have one son and three daughters. He died on 20 December 1995 at his home in
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In 1955, he became City Architect and Planning Officer for Coventry. Following several part-time positions at the
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from 1963 to 1964, and Honorary Treasurer from 1964 to 1967. He was President of the
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Couch, Chris; Fowles, Steven (2006). "Britain: Runcorn — A Tale of Two Centres".
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before returning to the county council in 1941 where he helped to prepare the
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system, the Runcorn Busway, while sketching on the back of an envelope.
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as a student, and following a visit in 1939, stayed on in the
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The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, designed by Arthur Ling
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1974 Canadian documentary film about Runcorn New Town
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There he invented the 523: 365:Basingstoke - Runcorn: British New Towns 353:Ling featured in two films on planning: 337: 274:Elevated busway at Runcorn Shopping City 269: 232: 406:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 312:Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding 257:, he became structural engineer at the 592: 392: 390: 388: 386: 384: 382: 380: 241:Ling began his career as a planner at 517: 415:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.109713 367:(1974), a Canadian information film. 344:Royal Institute of British Architects 544: 445: 396: 342:Ling was made Vice President of the 455:. Runcorn Development Corporation. 377: 13: 524:Crabtree, Gordon (6 August 1971). 297: 16:British architect and town planner 14: 641: 570: 532:from the original on 25 July 2020 400:"Ling, Arthur George (1913–1995)" 253:in 1937. At the beginning of the 615:20th-century British architects 219:Bartlett School of Architecture 91:Bartlett School of Architecture 1: 370: 449:Runcorn New Town Master Plan 430:UK public library membership 7: 10: 646: 259:City of London Corporation 132:Arthur Ling and Associates 280:Hammersmith School of Art 228: 223:University College London 164: 150: 136: 128: 124: 116: 108: 100: 95:University College London 86: 60: 30: 23: 552:"British Planning Films" 197:Early life and education 348:Town Planning Institute 318:Personal life and death 620:British urban planners 610:Alumni of the Bartlett 397:Gold, John R. (2019). 275: 238: 145:Coventry Central Baths 446:Ling, Arthur (1967). 360:County of London Plan 338:Recognition and media 284:Nottingham University 273: 264:County of London Plan 243:London County Council 236: 179:Nottingham University 528:. 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As head of 176: 172: 163: 160: 156: 153: 149: 146: 142: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 112:Marjorie Tall 111: 107: 103: 99: 96: 92: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 63: 59: 54: 50: 33: 29: 22: 19: 578: 556:. Retrieved 546: 534:. Retrieved 519: 494: 490: 484: 472:. Retrieved 465:the original 448: 418:. 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Index

Swindon
Wiltshire
Helmdon
Brackley
Northamptonshire
Bartlett School of Architecture
University College London
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry Central Baths
Lansbury Estate
Runcorn New Town
Coventry
Nottingham University
Runcorn New Town
Runcorn Busway
bus rapid transit
Swindon
Wiltshire
Christ's Hospital
Horsham
Bartlett School of Architecture
University College London

London County Council
Maxwell Fry
Walter Gropius
Second World War
City of London Corporation
County of London Plan

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