Background
English, Charles John was born on January 21, 1927 in Weybridge, Surrey, England. Son of Charles Reginald and Valda Doreen (Case-Morris) English. arrived in Rhodesia, 1927, South Africa, 1967.
English, Charles John was born on January 21, 1927 in Weybridge, Surrey, England. Son of Charles Reginald and Valda Doreen (Case-Morris) English. arrived in Rhodesia, 1927, South Africa, 1967.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1951; graduate diploma in Engineering, University Wituyatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1972.
Assistant engineer, Brian Colquhoun & Partners, Rhodesia, 1952; engineer, Roberts Construction, Rhodesia, 1953-1955; assistant engineer, Forest Engineer Kanthack & Partners, Rhodesia, 1955-1958; engineer, Freeman Fox/Ward & Daly, London, 1958-1960; engineer, principal associate, Watermeyer, Legge Piesold & Uhlmann, Johannesburg, 1960-1993. Secretary, chairman Witwatersrand branch South African Institution Civil Engineers, Johannesburg, 1980-1992.
Lieutenant Rhodesian African Rifles, 1945-1946, lieutenant, then major Rhodesia Regiment, 1952-1963. Fellow South African Institute Civil Engineering, Institution Structural Engineers (London). Member American Society of Civil Engineers.
Married Marion Betty Mcnamara, May 3, 1958. Children: Elisabeth Jane, Matthew John.