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1924 Auckland, New Zealand - 2011. Known for: Pottery plates, ceramics, teaching.
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Leonard Ramsay Castle DCNZM CBE (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a New Zealand potter. Born in Auckland on 23 December 1924, Castle was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School. He went on... Read full biography
Leonard Ramsay Castle DCNZM CBE (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a New Zealand potter. Born in Auckland on 23 December 1924, Castle was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School. He went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1947, and trained as a... Read full biography
Leonard Ramsay Castle DCNZM CBE (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a New Zealand potter. Born in Auckland on 23 December 1924, Castle was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School. He went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1947, and trained as a secondary school teacher at Auckland Teachers' Training College. After a period as a science teacher at Mount Albert Grammar School, he took a lecturing position at Auckland Teachers' College. In 1959,... Read full biography
Leonard Ramsay Castle DCNZM CBE (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a New Zealand potter. Born in Auckland on 23 December 1924, Castle was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School. He went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1947, and trained as a secondary school teacher at Auckland Teachers' Training College. After a period as a science teacher at Mount Albert Grammar School, he took a lecturing position at Auckland Teachers' College. In 1959, Castle married Ruth Main. The couple had one child, but later divorced. Castle's first experience of pottery was as a 10-year-old, seeing Olive Jones demonstrating at the Auckland Easter Show. Castle began making his first pottery in 1947 and took... Read full biography
Leonard Ramsay Castle DCNZM CBE (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a New Zealand potter. Born in Auckland on 23 December 1924, Castle was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School. He went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1947, and trained as a secondary school teacher at Auckland Teachers' Training College. After a period as a science teacher at Mount Albert Grammar School, he took a lecturing position at Auckland Teachers' College. In 1959, Castle married Ruth Main. The couple had one child, but later divorced. Castle's first experience of pottery was as a 10-year-old, seeing Olive Jones demonstrating at the Auckland Easter Show. Castle began making his first pottery in 1947 and took night classes with Robert Nettleton Field at Avondale College, Auckland. In 1956, he moved to St Ives, Cornwall for a year to work with Be... Read full biography
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Leonard Ramsay Castle DCNZM CBE (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a New Zealand potter. Born in Auckland on 23 December 1924, Castle was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School. He went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1947, and trained as a secondary school teacher at Auckland Teachers' Training College. After a period as a science teacher at Mount Albert Grammar School, he took a lecturing position at Auckland Teachers' College.
In 1959, Castle married Ruth Main. The couple had one child, but later divorced.
Castle's first experience of pottery was as a 10-year-old, seeing Olive Jones demonstrating at the Auckland Easter Show. Castle began making his first pottery in 19...But wait, there's more...
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