Background
MANASSEH, Leonard was born on May 21, 1916. Son of Alan Manasseh and Esther (nee Elias).
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Leonard Sulla MANASSEH
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Cheltenham College, The Architectural Association School of Architecture.
Career
Assistant Architect, CREN London and Guy Morgan & Partners. Teaching staff, Architectural Association and Kingston School of Art 1941-1943. Served Fleet Air Arm 1943-1946.
Assistant Architect, Hertfordshire.
County Council 1946-1948. Senior Architect, Stevenage New Town Development Corporation 1948-1950.
Partner, Leonard Manasseh Partnership (formerly Leonard Manasseh and Partners) since 1950. Teaching staff, Architectural Association 1951-1959.
Opened office in Singapore and Malaysia with James Cubitt & Partners 1953-1954.
President 1964-1965, Council of Industrial Design 1965-1968, Council Royal Institute of British Architects 1968-1970, 1976-1982 (Honorary Secretary 1979-1981), Council, National Trust since 1977, Ancient Monuments Board 1978-1984, Board, Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust since 1984. President Franco-British Union of Architects 1978-1979. Resident Advisor Representative Board of Governors Dulwich Schools Foundation and Surveyor to Picture Gallery 1987.
President Royal West of England Academy since 1989.
Work incites: houses, housing and schools, industrial work, power stations, research centres, municipal offices, conservation plan for Beaulieu Estate, National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Wellington Country Park, Stratfield Saye, Pumping Station, Weymouth, British Museum refurbishment, additions to Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Membership
Council, Architectural Association 1959-1966.
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Connections
Married 2nd Sarah Delaforce in 1957, two son one daughter (deceased).
