- Title
- Denis Butler and an unidentified girl with hat
- Subject
- Butler family -- Photographs Butler, Denis Ryall, 1921-2004 -- Photographs
- Type
- Image
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/26231
- Identifier
- vital:23418
- Identifier
- This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Identifier
- PIC/M 6244
- Description
- Denis Ryall Butler: Denis was born in Kuruman in 1921. In 1928 he entered Kingswood College, Grahamstown where he matriculated in 1938. He studied for his BA at Rhodes from 1939 to 1942, and in May 1942, joined the South African and Royal Artillery. He was in action in the Italian Campaign and was mentioned in despatches. While still a student he met Dorothea Ferguson-Davie (Dee), and on embarkation leave they married on 5 July 1943. After Denis was demobilised in February 1946, he returned to Rhodes to complete his UED and attained honours in History. He joined the teaching staff of his beloved Kingswood College and taught English, History, Geography, Latin and developmental reading. He was housemaster at Kingswood for 21 years, overlapping as vice principal for ten years. He became headmaster in May 1974, and retired early in November 1978. He died in his sleep on Saturday February 7 2004. He is survived by his four children, eight grand-children and seven great-grandchildren . Denis Butler was the son of Harold and Ruth Butler, and Harold was the son of Charles and Emma Butler.
- Format
- jpg
- Relation
- Butler Family Photograph Collection
- Rights
- In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images, apply to Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
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