Denby, Elaine Coventry, (1924-2010), architect, singer and writer

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Surname:	Denby
Forenames:	Elaine Coventry
Gender:	Female
Date:	1924-2010
History:	Elaine Coventry Denby was born in Burley-in-Wharfedale 17 Nov 1924, later lived in Harrogate and Ben Rhydding, and was educated at Casterton School near Kirby Lonsdale. She enrolled at the Leeds School of Architecture in 1941, and after qualification worked in the planning department of Westminster Council, became an Associate of the Royal Insititute of British Architects in the 1950s and established her own practice in South Kensington. She had lifelong interests in music, singing and opera, sang in the Royal Philharmonic Choir in the 1950s and 1960s and became a Friend of Glyndebourne Festival Opera on its revival at the end of the Second World War. She was the author of 'Grand Hotels: Reality and Illusion' published in 1998. She died in London on 31 Mar 2010. Her brother Patrick Denby (1920-2001) served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and at Bletchley Park.
Places:	Burley in Wharfedale, Yorkshire Harrogate, Yorkshire Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland Leeds, Yorkshire London Wheatley, Yorkshire Ben Rhydding, West Yorkshire
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P222340

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1936-1948: diaries and journals	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford	WYB482	See Annual Return 2010