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Collections Stories From our Collections M R G Conzen- Making Alnwick Famous

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Fleeing the Nazis to making Alnwick a world pioneer

The following obituary was published upon the death of  a world-famous authority on urban planning who pioneered his field by a study of Alnwick and its development .  The achievement is marked on his tombstone by a map of Alnwick.

MRG Conzen obituary

© The Geographical Association, included/reproduced with permission.

A developmental map from the Conzen Report:

Map of Alnwick

The gravestone in Jesmond cemetery.Conzen Grave

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