Paul Victor Edison Mauger was born in Holborn, London, England on 7 January 1896 and by 1901 had moved to Portsmouth in Hampshire. He studied at the Architectural Association Schools in London from 1913 to 1915 and attended lectures at the AA 'Atelier' in 1920-21. He also studied at London University where he was awarded a Diploma in Town Planning. From 1919 to 1921 he worked as an assistant to J. T. Saunders, Easton & Robertson, Lanchester, Rickard & Lucas, and Simpson & Anthony.
Mauger began his career as an independent architect designing houses in Hampstead Garden Suburb and in Jordans, Buckinghamshire. By the late 1920s he had settled in Welwyn Garden City, where he remained for the rest of his working life and where he designed several buildings including 26 Pentley Park which he built for himself in 1937.
From 1928 to 1931 Mauger was Assistant Architect for the Palestine Archaeological Museum built for the Government of Palestine.
In 1935-36 he collaborated with Mary Beaumont Crowley (1907-2005) in the design of a house in Gerards Cross, Buckinghamshire.
In the late 1930s he was in partnership with Arthur J. May, In the 1950s he formed the architectural partnership Paul Mauger & Partners. The partners being George Mather, Alec Gavin and John Mitchell. By the early 1960s the practice had been renamedPaul Mauger, Gavin, Mathers & Mitchell
Mauger and his practice designed at least 13 churches and Friends Meeting Houses. He was the author of Buildings in the Country: A Mid-Century Assessment (London: Batsford, 1959).
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1922 and a Fellow of the Royal institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1938. He was also a Member of the Town Planning Institute (MTPI) and the Essex, Cambs & Hers Sociry of architects of which he was President in 1956-57
His address was given as 64, Bridge Road, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. 1927; and 22 Buckingham Gate, London and 26 Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire in 1939. He also lived elsewhere in Welwyn Garden City. He die at 20 Woodside House, Bridge Road, Welwyn Garden City.
See: An introduction to the forgotten work of Paul Victor Mauger F.R.I.B.A. (1896-1982); UK Modeern House; and Twentieth Century Society C20 Churches [links below]