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Article: David Hall: 1933-2006.(Obituary)
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- Town and Country Planning
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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DAVID HALL, expert town planner and campaigner for sustainable development and former Director of the TCPA, died in Devon on 12 January 2006, aged 72.
David was educated at Malvern College, and Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, where he took a BA Honours Degree in English and Economics, later becoming an MA, and distinguished himself as a skilled water-skier. His National Service from 1951 to 1953 was served in the Lancashire Fusiliers in Suez and Kenya, where he was commissioned.
After working for the Metal Box Company as a management trainee, he travelled the world for two years with his first wife Lucy, doing odd jobs to cover expenses. In 1960 he ...