| Anthony (Tony) Patrick Cawthra Adamson |
| Born | October 7, 1906(1906-10-07)
Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | May 3, 2002 (aged 95)
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Anthony (Tony) Patrick Cawthra Adamson, OC (October 7, 1906 – May 3, 2002) was a Canadian architect, author, teacher, and municipal politician.
Born in Toronto, Ontario to Agar Adamson and Mabel Cawthra, he grew up in Port Credit, Ontario on the family estate, studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and the University of London. He was an architect, architectural planner, and an associate professor of town planning at the University of Toronto from 1950 to 1967. From 1953 to 1954, he was the Reeve of Toronto Township (now called Mississauga). From 1969 to 1974, he was Chairman of the Ontario Arts Council.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. In 1974, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In 1931, he married Augusta Bonnycastle.
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