Robin Parfitt was an educator and headmaster of Danes Hill School.
Education
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 Master of Arts in theology, and then attended Brasenose College, Oxford to work towards a Doctorate.Phil.
Career
However, he never gained his doctorate, instead going into teaching. He first taught at Carmel College then went on to Colet Court, the prep school to Street Paul"s School, London. He was appointed headmaster at Ardenhurst School in Henley-in-Arden, before moving onto the Chigwell School"s Preparatory school and finally in 1989 to Danes Hill School.
Parfitt died of cancer in 2006.