Hodgkinson was born in Putney, London on 8 March 1930. His father, Geoffrey Walter Hodgkinson was a farmer and car sale company manager and his mother was Patricia Florence Nena Vere, née Denning.[1][2]
For Hodgkinson's National Service he joined the Royal Navy.[4] In 1950 he began his studies at the Architectural Association school in London and began working for Neville Ward & Felix Samuely.[1]
Hodgkinson designed the Brunswick Centre, a residential and commercial building in Bloomsbury, London[7] He was awarded a chair at Bath University, which he retired from in 1995.[1]
On 17 December 1955 he had his first marriage to fellow student, Anna Margaret Tomlinson and they had two children together. His second marriage was to Jacqueline Metcalf on 27 April 1973 and they also had two children together before they separated some time later. On 21 February 2016, Hodgkinson died as a result of bronchopneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at St Teresa's nursing home in Corston, Bath.[1]
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