Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | Trevor Ferguson Sprott |
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| Born: | 22 April 1933 |
| Died: | 19 February 2012 |
| Bio Notes: | Trevor Ferguson Sprott was born on 22 April 1933 in Bangor, Northern Ireland. He trained in London and spent a period of time in the office of Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates, specialists in urban and regional planning. He showed an early ability as a strategic thinker and was offered a job with Craigavon New Town Corporation. Sprott was particularly interested in the potential offered by the North Sea and wrote a paper of the subject. In 1972 he was appointed advisor to the North East Scotland Joint Planning Advisory Board which enabled him to develop his ideas for the nascent off-shore industry and for providing a co-ordinated planning response for the old authorities of Aberdeen Corporation and the County Councils of Aberdeen and Kincardine which included attention to housing, industrial and transport infrastructure. The development of Peterhead Bay Authority, and Aberdeen Harbour Board owe much to Sprott’s initiatives. Aberdeen harbour was transformed into an international port operating all round the clock and is one of the most successful in the UK. In 1975 Sprott was appointed Director of Physical Planning of Grampian Regional Council. He built up a research team in this post which became widely known for accuracy of forecast. He anticipated the regionalisation of water at a time when individual towns relied on local reservoirs. He identified a site on the Moray coast for a nuclear power station. He drew up a strategy for transport in the north east of Scotland which was sadly never implemented. As a person Sprott was an engaging conversationalist but shied away from publicity. He was awarded the OBE in 1988 and the same year suffered a stroke. Although he mastered speech again and in 1990 set up as consultant operating from his home in Cults, his health deteriorated again and in 2006 he returned to Northern Ireland. He died on 19 February 2012, survived by his partner and step-children. His wife, Paddy Wilson, had predeceased him. He died on 19 February 2012. |
Employment and Training
Employers
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| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
 | Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates | Planner | |||
| Craigavon New Town Corporation | Before 1972 | Planner | ||
| Grampian Regional Council, Planning Department | 1975 | Director | ||
References
Periodical References
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| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Herald, The | 19 March 2012 | |||
| RIAS Quarterly | 2012 | Summer | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | |
| Scotsman | 23 February 2012 | Death notice. | ||