Ashworth, H. Ingham (Henry Ingham), 1907-1991

Henry Ingham Ashworth was born in Manchester UK, on 20 February, 1907, dying in Sydney in November, 1991. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he served in India and Burma during World War II and subsequently accepted the Chair of Architectural design and History at the University of Sydney where he later became Dean of the Faculty of Architecture. In 1964, he joined the University of New South Wales from which he retired Emeritus Professor in 1972. Ashworth was appointed to the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee in 1956 and became Chairman of its Technical Advisory Committee. He was also Chairman of the committee who assessed entries to an international competition for a design for the proposed opera house, thus giving him a leading role in choosing the winner.