What is Terence Conran?
'''Sir Terence Orby Conran''', [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]], [[Chartered Society of Designers|FCSD]] (4 October 1931 &ndash; 12 September 2020) was an English designer, [[restaurateur]], retailer and writer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Terence Conran: No Designs on Taking Things Easy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/2788086/Sir-Terence-Conran-No-designs-on-taking-things-easy.html | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=14 April 2008}}</ref> He was born in [[Kingston upon Thames]], England. He was known for creating the [[Habitat (retailer)|Habitat]] stores. Conran was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1983 and was appointed [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] (CH) in the [[2017 Birthday Honours]] for services to design. Conran died on 12 September 2020 in [[Berkshire]], [[England]], aged 88.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54131297? Sir Terence Conran: 'Visionary' designer dies at 88]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.conran.com/ Conran.com] * [http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=300478 Terence Conran profile on CatererSearch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506134343/http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=300478 |date=2006-05-06 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140301213526/http://lux-mag.com/2013/02/04/conran-uncovered/ Interview with Sir Terence Conran on new Design Museum – LUX Magazine 2013] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Conran, Terence}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:English businesspeople]] [[Category:20th-century English writers]] [[Category:21st-century English writers]]