Arthur George Ling was a British architect and town planner.
10 Facts About Arthur Ling
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Arthur Ling was educated at Christ's Hospital, Horsham before winning a scholarship to study at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.
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Arthur Ling began his career as a planner at London County Council in 1936 before joining the modernist practice of Maxwell Fry and Walter Gropius in 1937.
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Arthur Ling joined the Communist Party as a student, and following a visit in 1939, stayed on in the USSR to study Soviet town planning.
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Arthur Ling was active in the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR after the Second World War and was a founder member of the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding in 1965.
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Arthur Ling married Marjorie Tall on 22 April 1939 with whom he had one son and three daughters.
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Arthur Ling died on 20 December 1995 at his home in Helmdon, Brackley, Northamptonshire.
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Arthur Ling was made Vice President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1963 to 1964, and Honorary Treasurer from 1964 to 1967.
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Arthur Ling was President of the Town Planning Institute from 1968 to 1969.
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Arthur Ling featured in two films on planning: Proud City on the 1943 County of London Plan, and Basingstoke - Runcorn: British New Towns, a Canadian information film.