Paul Hamilton (1924-2004) was a British architect of Austrian origin.[1]
Early life
editPaul Hamilton was born Paul Albert Herschan in Vienna, Austria.[1] He attended the Gymnasium Kundmanngasse in 1935[2] in Vienna. Paul was expelled along with 49 other Jewish pupils in Apr 1938.[2] His parents left Vienna for Brno, Czech Republic, while he stayed with an Aunt in Vienna and then came as a child refugee to Britain via the Kindertransport in May 1939.
His sponsor was the eminent Psychiatrist Dr Hugh Crichton-Miller and the Crichton-Millers became his foster family; Paul was sent to board at Taunton School, Somerset.[3]
His father Max[4] and Camilla Herschan[citation needed] were murdered at Terezín concentration camp in January 1942.
Military service
editPaul Herschan joined the British Army in 1943, changing his surname to Hamilton. He served in the 12th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, taking part in the D Day landings as a Pathfinder; he was badly wounded. On returning to fitness he was promoted to Sergeant, and took part in the Rhine Crossing Operation Varsity. The unit then moved to the Far East, taking part in Operation Tiderace, and actions in Singapore and Java. He was demobbed in Sep 1947 in London and formally became a British subject.[5] His military career and experiences of D Day is mentioned in Helen Fry's Book "The King's Most Loyal Enemy Aliens."[6]
Education
editHe trained at the Architectural Association in London, starting in 1948.[7] His fellow student was John Bicknell with whom he later went into architectural partnership[8]
Work
editPaul Hamilton often collaborated with John Bicknell; starting at the AA and later at British Rail, they formed the two partner architectural practice of Bicknell & Hamilton.
His notable works include:
- Harlow Town railway station
- Paddington Maintenance Depot: Lorry workshops, offices and boiler house (1968) at London Paddington station;[9] known as the Battleship Building. Adjacent is The Rotunda, since 2003 offices of Nissan Design Europe.[10]
- Signal box at Birmingham New Street railway station[11]
- Jordleys, Goring on Thames. House for private client. Later bought and lived in by the Bicknell family[12]
- Helen House, Oxford, 1982. Worlds first children hospice[13]
References
edit- ^ a b "Paul Hamilton". The Independent. 20 April 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b Axelrod, Toby (2 May 2019). "A Vienna high school acknowledges its own harsh truth about the Holocaust". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Hugh Crichton-Miller". The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Max Herschan". Database of Holocaust Victims. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "The Gazette" (PDF).[dead link]
- ^ Fry, Helen P. (2007). The King's Most Loyal Enemy Aliens: Germans who Fought for Britain in the Second World War. Sutton. ISBN 9780750947015.
- ^ "Home". aaschool.ac.uk.
- ^ "Paul Hamilton and John Bicknell · Architects: Toronto City Hall & Square Competition, 1958 · TPL Virtual Exhibits".
- ^ "Canal House / "The Battleship Building" - Paddington Basin, London, UK". Manchester History. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ Svein-Erik Hole (16 March 2019). "NISSAN DESIGN EUROPE : Slik blir en ny bil til". Teknisk Ukeblad. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Birmingham New Street Signal Box, Ladywood, Birmingham".
- ^ "Jordleys, Goring-on-Thames - 1468491 | Historic England".
- ^ "Helen House Hospice for children and young adults, Magdalen Road, Oxford: A bedroom".