death_date birth_date article_title education name occupation
17 august 2006 22 december 1946 robin parfitt
 loughborough brasenose college , oxford grammar school , university college , cardiff , robin parfitt teacher and head master
robin parfitt

robin parfitt -lrb- december 22 , 1946 -- august 17 , 2006 -rrb- was an educator and headmaster of danes hill school .
born in 1946 in rhydyfelin , pontypridd , he was educated at loughborough grammar school and studied history and music at university college , cardiff , before gaining an ma in theology , and then attended brasenose college , oxford to work towards a d.phil .
however , he never gained his doctorate , instead going into teaching .
his elder brother tudor parfitt is professor of modern jewish studies at the university college london .
he first taught at carmel college then went on to colet court , the prep school to st paul 's school , london .
he was appointed headmaster at ardenhurst school in henley-in-arden , before moving onto the chigwell school 's prep school and finally in 1989 to danes hill school .
parfitt died of cancer in 2006 .
