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Keith Roy Waite ([[New Plymouth]], New Zealand, 19 March 1927 - [[Ipswich]], United Kingdom, 10 April 2014) was a New Zealand-born editorial cartoonist. He has been referred to as one of the 'greatest-ever social and political cartoonists' in Britain.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Biography ==
At the age of nine, Waite won a newspaper cartoon competition.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> His interest in art continued and he attended [[Elam School of Fine Arts]], as well as [[Auckland College of Education|Auckland Teacher Training College]].<ref name=":0" /> After teaching for a year, he returned to Elam while working as a free-lance cartoonist for the [[Taranaki Daily News]], the Auckland Weekly News and the [[The New Zealand Herald|New Zealand Herald]].<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He took up a position at the ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'' as a staff cartoonist in 1949.<ref name=":1" />
In 1951, Waite moved to the United Kingdom contributing to a number of publications including the ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]'', the ''Glasgow Daily Record'', The ''[[Scottish Daily News]]'', ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' (1952-1964), and ''[[Men Only]]'' magazine.<ref name=":0" /> Between 1957 and 1964 he worked as the chief political cartoonist for the ''[[Daily Sketch]]'' in London, producing up to three cartoons a day.<ref name=":0" /><ref></ref> He continued to work for London-based publications, including the ''Sun'' (1964–69), the ''Daily Mirror'' (1969–85), the ''Sunday Mirror'' (1970–80) and the City Diary of [[The Times|''The Times'']] (1987-1997).<ref name=":0" /> He was made Cartoonist of the Year in 1963 by the Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain.<ref name=":0" />
== Publications ==
* ''Just Waite: Cartoons from the Otago Daily Times'' (1950). Dunedin, Otago Daily Times Print.
* ''Waite up to date 1959: Cartoons from the Otago Daily Times'' (1951). Dunedin, Otago Daily Times Print.
* ''The adventures of Little Mookra,'' by John Emlyn Edwars, illustrated by Keith Waite (1977). London, Methuen Children's Books.
* Cookign afloat on sail and power boats, by Fiona Grafton, illustrated by Keith Waite (1979). London, Macmillan.
* ''The worlds of Waite: Cartoons from the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror'' (1989). London, Mirror.
* ''Sailing past'', by Renee M Waite, illustrated by Keith Waite (1992). London, Seafarer
== Exhibitions ==
* Drawn and Quartered: The World of the British Newspaper Cartoon, 1720-1970, National Portrait Gallery, London (1970)
* Not By Appointment, London Press Club (1977)
== External links ==
* [http://bit.ly/2X4uNOt Search for material relating to Keith Waite on DigitalNZ]
== References ==
[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:British cartoonists]]
[[Category:New Zealand cartoonists]]
[[Category:New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:People from New Plymouth]]
== Biography ==
At the age of nine, Waite won a newspaper cartoon competition.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> His interest in art continued and he attended [[Elam School of Fine Arts]], as well as [[Auckland College of Education|Auckland Teacher Training College]].<ref name=":0" /> After teaching for a year, he returned to Elam while working as a free-lance cartoonist for the [[Taranaki Daily News]], the Auckland Weekly News and the [[The New Zealand Herald|New Zealand Herald]].<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He took up a position at the ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'' as a staff cartoonist in 1949.<ref name=":1" />
In 1951, Waite moved to the United Kingdom contributing to a number of publications including the ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]'', the ''Glasgow Daily Record'', The ''[[Scottish Daily News]]'', ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' (1952-1964), and ''[[Men Only]]'' magazine.<ref name=":0" /> Between 1957 and 1964 he worked as the chief political cartoonist for the ''[[Daily Sketch]]'' in London, producing up to three cartoons a day.<ref name=":0" /><ref></ref> He continued to work for London-based publications, including the ''Sun'' (1964–69), the ''Daily Mirror'' (1969–85), the ''Sunday Mirror'' (1970–80) and the City Diary of [[The Times|''The Times'']] (1987-1997).<ref name=":0" /> He was made Cartoonist of the Year in 1963 by the Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain.<ref name=":0" />
== Publications ==
* ''Just Waite: Cartoons from the Otago Daily Times'' (1950). Dunedin, Otago Daily Times Print.
* ''Waite up to date 1959: Cartoons from the Otago Daily Times'' (1951). Dunedin, Otago Daily Times Print.
* ''The adventures of Little Mookra,'' by John Emlyn Edwars, illustrated by Keith Waite (1977). London, Methuen Children's Books.
* Cookign afloat on sail and power boats, by Fiona Grafton, illustrated by Keith Waite (1979). London, Macmillan.
* ''The worlds of Waite: Cartoons from the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror'' (1989). London, Mirror.
* ''Sailing past'', by Renee M Waite, illustrated by Keith Waite (1992). London, Seafarer
== Exhibitions ==
* Drawn and Quartered: The World of the British Newspaper Cartoon, 1720-1970, National Portrait Gallery, London (1970)
* Not By Appointment, London Press Club (1977)
== External links ==
* [http://bit.ly/2X4uNOt Search for material relating to Keith Waite on DigitalNZ]
== References ==
[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:British cartoonists]]
[[Category:New Zealand cartoonists]]
[[Category:New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:People from New Plymouth]]
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