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| GB/NNAF/P600077 Ash, Maurice (b1917) Gender: Male Functions, occupations and activities Educated at Greshams School, Holt, where he was a contemporary of Benjamin Britten, and at LSE; undertook war service in the army; married (? 1947) Ruth Elmhurst, whose parents ran the Dartington arts centre; interested in the combination of art and sociology; voluntary work with the Town and Country Planning Association; started glass works at Dartington, and the Beaford Arts Centre; Chairman, Dartington Trust (1972-1984); first Chairman of the Green Alliance (1978-1983); lived in Essex near Henry and Irina Moore Thesaurus ARCHITECTS Archival Resources Number noted: 1 Recorded audio life story interview (5 tapes), 1999 Held at: British Library, Sound Archive Document reference: Architects' Lives, NLSC: C467/40/01-05 Other information: Cadensa: www.bl.uk/catalogues/sound.html Date of creation: 16 December 2002 |