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Alfred Bossom

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with his family, determined that his children should be educated there. Entirely detached from his architectural career, he began a new life of public service and was elected as
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He also invented a device for protecting people from suffocating if they accidentally got locked in a bank vault.
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joked of him, "Bossom, Bossom, that's an odd name! Neither one thing nor the other", in reference to the words "
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Bossom also designed a number of large houses. Examples include the Henry Devereux Whiton house in
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at his Chelsea home; later she became Britain's first female prime minister (1979–1990).
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banker, Samuel Bayne, and they had three sons. As an architect with offices at 680
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Lynchburg National Bank and Trust at Ninth and Main in Lynchburg
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First National Bank Building, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1920
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A number of architects began their careers in his offices.
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At the height of his career in 1926, Bossom returned to
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Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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Building to the Skies: The Romance of the Skyscraper
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Alfred C. Bossom's American Architecture, 1903-1926
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United States National Bank, Galveston, Texas, 1924
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Maple Terrace Apartments (Dallas, Texas) (1924–25),
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On 30 January 1960, he was created a 248:In 1910, he married Emily, daughter of 205:. He also wrote books on architecture. 1028:English emigrants to the United States 507:American Exchange National Bank (1918) 7: 805:, W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. 268:(1918). Bossom's Dallas work on the 665:. London: Robert Hale. p. 50. 421:. On 4 July 1953, he was created a 182:Alfred Charles Bossom, Baron Bossom 1043:Life peers created by Elizabeth II 973:Conservative Party (UK) life peers 276:, were done with local architects 241:. He worked on the restoration of 225:, and studied architecture at the 14: 460:Bossom was also president of the 413:In 1952, he was made an honorary 402:In 1951 he held the reception of 333:'s offices, project managing the 1033:Members of London County Council 1023:20th-century American architects 1018:UK MPs who were granted peerages 968:Officers of the Legion of Honour 943:People from Islington (district) 888:Baronetage of the United Kingdom 844:Parliament of the United Kingdom 441:, of Maidstone in the County of 978:20th-century English architects 747:. 2 February 1960. p. 858. 504:, Richmond, Virginia, 1912-1913 383:, having taken time out during 266:American Exchange National Bank 557:Federal-American National Bank 492:Covington Saving Bank Building 1: 727:. 14 July 1953. p. 3871. 559:, Washington, D.C., 1925–1926 523:Edward Howland Robinson Green 305:Edward Howland Robinson Green 817:The Handbook of Texas Online 630:UK public library membership 498:First National Bank Building 581:, Charles Scribner's, 1924. 1059: 445:. In 1965, Bossom died in 282:Mayan Revival architecture 911: 898: 893: 886: 876: 857: 849: 842: 798:, London: Book Art, 1984. 553:, Houston, Texas, 1925–26 547:, Buffalo, New York, 1925 527:Round Hill, Massachusetts 449:, and as his title was a 309:Round Hill, Massachusetts 227:Regent Street Polytechnic 163: 103: 68: 52: 43: 511:Virginia Mutual Building 419:University of Pittsburgh 270:Maple Terrace Apartments 239:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 643:"Science: Vault Safety" 953:Architects from London 622:10.1093/ref:odnb/40778 406:after her marriage to 356: 335:New York Life Building 297:Joseph Wright Harriman 178: 661:Brown, R. J. 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Member of Parliament
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Carlyon Bellairs
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Architect
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Dallas, Texas
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architect
England
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Islington
London
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Regent Street Polytechnic
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Carnegie Steel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fort Ticonderoga
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