David Low earned world fame and the hatred of Adolf Hitler in the years leading up to World War Two for his cartoons that attacked fascism and the Nazi Regime. Low was only at CBHS for a short time as his parents withdrew him after the death of his older brother.

Low’s parents believed that too much study had weakened him. For the next five years Low educated himself, he read extensively and developed his abilities as a black and white artist. Low started work as a cartoonist in 1907 in Christchurch, then moving to Australia and then London where he would work for Lord Beaverbrook at the Evening Standard for 23 years. Low only agreed to join the Standard if he was guaranteed complete editorial freedom and so while prior to the outbreak of World War Two the papers editorials supported appeasement Low’s cartoons provided were in stark contrast.

Low cartoons were critical of the muddled political thinking in pre-war England and his criticism of Hitler saw him placed on a Nazi death list. During the war years Low had a stature as a broadcaster comparable to Winston Churchill.

Post war Low received honorary degrees and in 1962 accepted the Knighthood which he had turned down in the 1930's.