Sir Henry Charles Husband (1908–1983) was a leading architect

Architect

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 and consulting engineer in Great Britain

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. His offices were based in Sheffield

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, England

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. He designed bridge

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s and major civil engineering works and had a role in designing the Jodrell Bank

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 radio telescope

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Biography

Husband was educated at King Edward VII School

King Edward VII School (Sheffield)

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 in Sheffield

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. He founded Husband & Co, Consulting Engineers, in Sheffield and assisted in the design of Jodrell Bank and Goonhilly Downs aerials.

Husband won the Royal Medal

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 in 1965. He was president of the Institution of Structural Engineers

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in 1965-65.