Anthony Adamson
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Anthony (Tony) Patrick Cawthra Adamson (1906 – May 3, 2002) was a Canadian architect, author, teacher, and municipal politician.
Born in Toronto, Ontario to Agar Adamson and Mabel Cawthra, he grew up in Port Credit, Ontario on the family estate, studied architecture at Cambridge University and London University. He was an architect, architectural planner, and an associate professor of town planning at the University of Toronto from 1950 to 1967. From 1953 to 1954, he was the Reeve of Toronto Township (now called Mississauga). From 1969 to 1974, he was Chairman of the Ontario Arts Council.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. In 1974, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In 1931, he married Augusta Bonnycastle.
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- Mississauga Hertitage Foundation Inc.'s Heritage News Summer 2002. Retrieved on February 12, 2006.
- Mississauga Hertitage Foundation Inc.'s Heritage News Fall 2002. Retrieved on February 12, 2006.
- Anthony Adamson fonds. Retrieved on February 12, 2006.
Categories: 1906 births | 2002 deaths | Alumni of the University of Cambridge | Alumni of the University of London | Canadian Anglicans | Canadian architects | Canadians of British Isles descent | Mayors of places in Ontario | Officers of the Order of Canada | People from Old Toronto | University of Toronto faculty
