Background
Cherry, Gordon Emanuel was born on February 6, 1931 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Son of Emanuel and Nora (Goddard) Cherry.
Cherry, Gordon Emanuel was born on February 6, 1931 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Son of Emanuel and Nora (Goddard) Cherry.
Bachelor, University London, 1953. Doctor of Science (honorary), Heriot Watt University, 1984.
Town planner, various towns in England, 1956-1968. Latterly research officer City of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1963-1968. Senior lecturer Centre for Urban and Region Studies University Birmingham, since 1968, professor urban and region planning, 1976, dean faculty of commerce and social science, 1981-1986, head department geography, since 1987.
Church warden Hampton in Arden. Trustee Bournville Villlage Trust. Member Local Government Boundary Commission for England, Landscape Advisory Committee, Ministry of Transport.
Member Fellow Royal Town Planning Institute (president 1978-1979), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Member Planning History Group (chairman since 1974).
Married Margaret Mary Loudon Cox, June 8, 1957. Children: Shona Margaret, Shelagh Louise, Iain Gordon.