Nathaniel Lichfield

Nathaniel Lichfield was born to Jewish immigrants from Poland, Hyman Lichman and Fanny (née Grecht), in the East End of London.Despite this he ignored medical advice and at the age of 13 he won the top academic prize and the Victor Ludorum cup at the Raine's Foundation School, in Bethnal Green, East London.Within the ministry Lichfield became a leading member of a small group that worked to accelerate the pace of change towards the findings of the Schuster report of 1950, which recommended transformation of planning education through inclusion of the social sciences of economics, geography and sociology.Later in 1965, he played a similar role in helping to launch the Regional Studies Association, which promoted research in new disciplines and their application to planning practice.He chose however to return to work in Britain when Richard Llewelyn-Davies, the founder of the Bartlett School of Architecture and Design at University College London offered him a Professorship there.Returning to Britain in his new position allowed him to pursue his research and teaching at UCL in parallel with the development of his specialist consultancy, Nathaniel Lichfield Associates.
Raine's Foundation SchoolBethnal GreentuberculosisRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyorsanti-fascistBattle of Cable StreetOswald MosleyBlackshirtsInternational BrigadesSpanish Civil WarMinistry of Town and Country PlanningMinistry of Housing and Local GovernmentRegional Studies AssociationUniversity of California, BerkeleyMilton KeynesPeterboroughWharton School of FinanceUniversity of PennsylvaniaRichard Llewelyn-DaviesUniversity College LondonRoyal Town Planning Institute