Life
Born in 1885 in London, he left school at 15 for a job as an office boy. He attended night-school, and joined the Fabian Society.
In 1912, he took a job as secretary-manager of the Howard Cottage Society in Letchworth Garden City, founded by Ebenezer Howard. In 1919, Howard purchased land for a second garden city at Welwyn, and Osborn moved with him to become Company Secretary and Estate Manager.
He left the company in 1936, and devoted the rest of his life to promoting the garden city movement.
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