Ernest William Denham (1922-2019)

摘要

Ernest William Denham, who died on 27 August 2019 three weeks short of his 97th birthday, spent all his archival career at the Public Record Office and is probably best known to archivists outside the PRO as their teacher of palaeography and diplomatic, as liaison officer with places of deposit for public records or as a member of the Council of the British Records Association.1 Denny (as he preferred to be known) was born on 16 September 1922 and grew up in Dalston, east London, the son of William and Beatrice Denham. He attended Wilton Street Primary School, where he already showed his academic qualities, winning a scholarship to the City of London School for Boys. From there he won another scholarship to Merton College, Oxford, where he began to read classics.