Crosby, Edmund Lionel 1904 - 1979

Edmund Lionel Crosby [also known as E. Lionel Crosby] was born in London, England on 14 November 1904. It is not known where he trained as an architect. He registered as a student with the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1927 and in 1928 was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA).

During the 1920s he worked with various architectural firms including Lanchester, Lucas & Lodge, William Curtis Green and Harry Redfern. He was also employed by the Home Office on an experimental housing scheme for the Carlisle area. In 1932 he moved to Ireland and settled in Dublin. After working for a period in the office of Charles John Dunlop (1885-1946), in 1934 he moved to the office of William Albert Dixon (1892-1978) with whom he remained until c.1942. During World War Two he served in the British Army in India and Burma. He then returned to Dublin and in 1952 established his own architectural practice in Dublin which he ran until 1976 when he retired.

Crosby was elected a member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) in 1934. He was a regular correspondent to The Irish Times, writing on a range of social issues, but particularly on architecture.

His address was given as 11 Hillfield Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex (now London) in 1928 and 1929; 5 The Grove, Gravesend, Kent. in 1932; Frascati, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland in 1933 and 1936; Bosula, Sorento Road, Daley, Co. Dublin, Ireland in 1936 and 1939; 24 Ely Place, Dublin, Ireland in 1943 and 1956; and 3 Dawson Sreet, Dublin, Ireland in 1950. He died in Dublin, Ireland on 31 August 1979