Painter, and teacher, born in Amington, Staffordshire. He studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art with Kathleen Allen, 1940–2 and 1948–9. He also studied at Norwich School of Art, taught art at schools in the city, was a member of the Norwich Twenty Group and exhibited with Norfolk & Norwich Art Circle and at the Aldeburgh Festival. Exhibited AIA, Whitechapel and Leicester Galleries and RBA, sometimes signing his work only with initials. West Riding Education Committee, in Yorkshire, bought his work. Lived for some time in Norwich.