SOUTH,+Douglas+A

SOUTH, Douglas A (1916-1984) Manchester 1932; Derbyshire 1949-1973 (DL 1949, CL 1954) If not a bookman in the traditional sense his book stock management made him a worthy successor to Edgar Osborne. The change of headquarters from Derby to Matlock in 1958 and vast increases in population served following Local Government reorganization in 1974 provided exceptional challenges which were most competently faced.