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Eric Bedford (architect) was born on 8 November, 1909 in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, is a British architect. Discover Eric Bedford (architect)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

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Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 8 November 1909
Birthday 8 November
Birthplace Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death 28 July, 2001
Died Place Worcester, England
Nationality West

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1909

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.

Bedford was born on 29 August 1909 near Halifax in Yorkshire.

He was educated at Thornton Grammar School and then undertook an architectural apprenticeship in Leicester.

1934

In 1934 he won a RIBA medal for his design for a railway terminal.

Two years later he joined the Ministry of Public Building and Works, and, after the Second World War, was appointed its youngest-ever Chief Architect.

At the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Bedford had responsibility for significant elements of the overall design, including the Coronation Arches.

1936

Born in Yorkshire, and trained as an architect in the Midlands, Bedford joined the Ministry of Public Building and Works in 1936.

1951

In 1951, he was appointed the Ministry's youngest-ever Chief Architect.

Shortly afterward, he had an important role in the design of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, for which he was subsequently made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

1953

Bedford was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1953 Coronation Honours, and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1959 Birthday Honours.

1961

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.

1965

Completed in 1965, with a height of 177 metres (581 ft), it became for a time London's tallest building.

1970

Bedford retired in 1970, and lived abroad for some years before dying in 2001.

Although he was the architect responsible for one of London's most iconic buildings, he achieved surprisingly little recognition in his lifetime, or afterward; his obituary in The New York Times described him as "the British government's anonymous chief architect, whose works were visible to millions but whose name was scarcely known".

1971

Given its importance to government communications, the BT Tower was designed to withstand nuclear attack, and in 1971 it was relatively undamaged by a bomb placed in the tower's revolving restaurant by the Angry Brigade.

Bedford's comment was recorded as; "I made it to last, bombers or not".

In addition to the tower, he oversaw or undertook a number of other important governmental commissions – both within the UK, including the departmental buildings on Marsham Street, Westminster, and offices for MPs within the Palace of Westminster; and overseas, including embassy buildings in Warsaw, Washington, D.C. and Jakarta.

1977

After retiring to France to be near his daughter, Bedford returned to England following the death of his wife in 1977.

2001

He lived for many years in the village of Hanley Swan near Malvern, Worcestershire, and died in a nursing home in Worcester in 2001.