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Ken Major was born on 21 October, 1928 in Reading, Berkshire, is a British architect and author (1928–2009). Discover Ken Major'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 80 years old?

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Occupation Architect
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 21 October 1928
Birthday 21 October
Birthplace Reading, Berkshire
Date of death 25 July, 2009
Died Place Reading, Berkshire
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1928

John Kenneth Major ARIBA, FSA, popularly known as Ken Major (21 October 1928 – 25 July 2009) was an architect, author and world authority on industrial archaeology, particularly windmills, watermills and animal powered machines.

As an author, he was known as J Kenneth Major.

Ken Major was born in Reading, Berkshire on 21 October 1928.

His parents were Katharine May Major (née Ridge) and John William Major.

He was christened John Kenneth Major but owing to a number of John Majors in the family he was generally referred to as Ken.

1939

Major attended the Boy's Grammar School at Leigh, Lancashire, where his father was the headmaster, from 1939 to 1945.

1946

He then attended a school in Kendal until 1946.

Major was interested in ancient buildings from an early age.

He recalled cycling to Winwick church aged 8 to see the carved pig (symbolic of a legend about the church being relocated to a pre-Christian site) there.

Owing to the high number of demobbed ex-servicemen, Major was unable to gain a place at Cambridge where his results would have enabled him to study mathematics.

He was able to obtain a place at King's College, Durham University in Newcastle upon Tyne where he studied architecture under the Beaux-Arts regime.

During his time at King's College, Major switched from design to repair.

He visited Florence, Italy where he studied the repair of Renaissance buildings damaged in the war.

1952

In 1952, he applied for and obtained the Lethaby Scholarship from the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB).

1953

On completing his Scholarship in April 1953, Major was appointed as an architect at the Planning Department of Imperial College, London.

1954

In April 1954, he married Helen Lawrence after a four-year courtship.

1956

In 1956, Major joined London Transport where his work involved the design of bus garages.

1958

They both had an interest in ancient building and in 1958 the purchase of a Lambretta scooter enabled them to travel further afield.

1961

In May 1961, Major visited the Hudson River to research the construction of a watermill at Sleepy Hollow.

As the original settlers of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow had come from East Anglia, measured drawings of Woodbridge Tide Mill were prepared to assist the restoration.

On his return from the United States, Major joined architect and goldsmith Louis Osman as his assistant.

His main work while with Osman was the restoration of Ranston House, Iwerne Courtney, Dorset.

1963

In July 1963, Major joined Morgan and Branch, architects.

He was involved in the redevelopment of Doncaster town centre including a new cinema for ABC and a new library.

After this, Major then joined Hammersmith Borough Council where he was in charge of the building of the White City scheme.

The scheme was cancelled and Major joined Westminster City Council where he was in charge of a scheme at Lisson Green, which was in limbo after the Ronan Point disaster.

Following this, Major was in charge of the redevelopment of parts of Westbourne Grove where 101 properties formerly owned by Peter Rachman were repaired and converted to make them suitable for use by council tenants.

Major later took charge of Westminster City Council's maintenance team.

In 1963, Rex Wailes invited Major to assist him in carrying out a survey of mills in Berkshire.

Following this, the Isle of Wight, Northumberland and Wiltshire were covered.

Major also conducted a survey of the Kennet and Avon Canal, listing all artefacts surviving and producing a map at a scale of 2 inches to the mile (1:31,680).

The resulting map was 18 ft long.

1964

In 1964, Major met João Miguel dos Santos Simões who was at that time trying to get the various individual mill societies together.

1975

In 1975, Major was appointed Assistant City Architect to Westminster City Council.

1984

In 1984 his department was closed by the Council and Major commenced practice on his own account.

Initial work in private practice involved finishing off various schemes from Westminster City Council.

Major was involved in the restoration of the waterwheel (36 ft diameter and 2 ft wide) at Painshill Park, Cobham, Surrey.

Other work included the repair of Stainsby Mill, Doe Lea, Derbyshire, Gelli Groes mill, Gwent and Sacrewell Mill, Wansford, Cambridgeshire.

As well as mills, Major was involved in conservation and restoration of a number of churches.

2013

Other buildings Major was involved with include Churchgate House, Cookham, Berkshire and a 13th-century cottage at Mowsley, Leicestershire.