Denis SANTRY

1879 - 1960.

• Name	Denis SANTRY
  Died	14 April 1960.	Durban, Natal, South Africa   [1]
  Born	14 May 1879	Cork, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I619	Irish in South Africa
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2019

  
  

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  [S2] SESA, (Nationale Boekhandel). He was apprenticed as a joiner until he won a national art bursary which enabled him to study in London. He came to South Africa for health reasons and, after practising as an architect in Cape Town, joined the Sunday Times and became known as a cartoonist of outstanding force. When war broke out, his drawings were reproduced all over the world. A pioneer of the animated cartoon, Santry decided to go to America, but was refused entry for medical reasons. He then worked in the Far East and died in Durban aged 81