Patrick John Nuttgens was an influential English architect and academic.
19 Facts About Patrick Nuttgens
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Nuttgens was born in Whiteleaf, Buckinghamshire, the fourth of five children to Kathleen Mary an Irish woman and accomplished mathematician, and stained-glass artist Jozef Edward Nuttgens who was born in Aachen, Germany.
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Patrick Nuttgens's mother died when he was seven years old during his first term at Grace Dieu Manor School, near Leicester.
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Patrick Nuttgens was brought up Roman Catholic, attending Ratcliffe College, run by Rosminian Fathers where he contracted poliomyelitis at the age of 12 and was hospitalised for two years, finally leaving hospital in 1944.
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Patrick Nuttgens later studied architecture and painting at Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1953 and completing his PhD in 1959.
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In 1962, Patrick Nuttgens became director of the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies at the University of York, and later professor of architecture.
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Patrick Nuttgens was Hoffman Wood Professor of Architecture at the University of Leeds from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1984 to 1985.
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Patrick Nuttgens was awarded honorary doctorates by several universities including Heriot-Watt in 1990 and was appointed CBE in 1983.
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Patrick Nuttgens's books include The Story of Architecture, The Art of Learning: a Personal Journey, The Home Front: Housing the People, York.
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Patrick Nuttgens had a regular columns in The Times Higher Educational Supplement.
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Patrick Nuttgens was the first disabled person in a wheelchair to write and present a factual series on BBC Television, 'The Home Front' BBC2 1989.
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Patrick Nuttgens was a member of The New Churches Research Group, a group of Catholic and Anglican church architects and craftspeople who promoted liturgical reform of churches though publications such as The Tablet and Architects' Journal.
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Patrick Nuttgens resigned in 1986 from his academic post after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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Patrick Nuttgens began a career writing, broadcasting, painting and travelling.
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Patrick Nuttgens appeared on radio where he was a regular participant in A Word in Edgeways and Round Britain Quiz.
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Patrick Nuttgens sat on a great number of committees, including the Royal Fine Art Commission and the York Theatre Royal Board.
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Patrick Nuttgens chaired the BBC's northern advisory council and its committee on continuing education.
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Patrick Nuttgens was awarded honorary doctorates by a number of universities and in 1983 he was awarded a CBE.
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Patrick Nuttgens lived in Terrington and died in York hospital on 15 March 2004 from post-polio syndrome.