death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
new zealand 12 october 1976 brantford , ontario , canada 22 may 1903 j. d. charlton edgar
 james douglas charlton edgar art teacher , artist , art gallery director
j. d. charlton edgar

james douglas charlton edgar -lrb- 22 may 1903 -- 12 october 1976 -rrb- was a new zealand art teacher , artist and art gallery director .
edgar was born in brantford , ontario , canada on 22 may 1903 .
he received his art education at the edinburgh college of art .
he and his wife emigrated to dunedin in new zealand for him to teach at the dunedin school of art at king edward technical college .
edgar was director of the dunedin public art gallery from 1965 until his retirement in 1971 .
he was appointed member of the most excellent order of the british empire -lrb- mbe -rrb- in the 1976 birthday honours .
edgar died a few months later on 12 october 1976 , aged 73 , in new zealand .
