death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality birth_date article_title significant_projects name
24 march 1940 battle , sussex , united kingdom near edinburgh -lrb- if image is smaller than 250px -rrb- british 10 september 1871 thomas adams -lrb- architect -rrb-
 the hydrostone section of halifax , nova scotia thomas adams
thomas adams -lrb- architect -rrb-

thomas adams -lrb- 10 september 1871 -- 24 march 1940 -rrb- was a pioneer of urban planning .
born on meadowhouse farm near edinburgh to parents james and margaret adams , he was educated at daniels stewart 's college in edinburgh and was a farmer in his early years , adams moved to london where he worked as a journalist .
he served as secretary to the garden city association and was the first manager of letchworth , england from 1903 to 1906 .
adams became a designer of low-density residential developments that were commonly referred to as `` garden suburbs . ''
after the halifax explosion in 1917 , adams designed the hydrostone section using garden city principles .
in the same year he published `` rural planning and development , '' he also designed a portion of corner brook , newfoundland .
he worked with halifax architect andrew r. cobb on this project .
on other projects in quebec and nova scotia he partnered with ross and macdonald of montreal .
he was later responsible for surveys and a plan for new york city .
on returning to the united kingdom , thomas adams became one of the early presidents of the institute of landscape architects -lrb- ila -rrb- which became the landscape institute .
his son , frederick adams , was the first department head of urban planning at the massachusetts institute of technology and was named a national planning pioneer by the american institute of certified planners .
