Died peacefully on March 22, 2018 in his 97th year, Dr. David George Pitt, son of the late Rev. Dr. T.J. and Mrs. Florrie Pitt, husband of the late Marion (Woolfrey) Pitt, and eldest brother of the late Thomas Pitt, the late John Pitt and the late Jean (Pitt) Hill, and late sister-in-law Elizabeth (Woolfrey) Mosey and late brothers-in-law Frank Hill and John Hall. Bereaved by his death and enriched by his life and legacy are his daughter Ruth Pitt Francis and son Robert (Janet Miller Pitt); grandchildren: Pamela (Francis) Barron (partner Mitch Proulx and her stepson Sam), Ottawa; David Francis (Sitka Polk), Halifax; Rosalind (Francis) Lawrence (Matthew), C.B.S.; Elizabeth, Emily, Jamie and David R. Pitt (Catherine Caldwell), St. John’s; great-grandchildren: Nicholas and Holly Barron; Brady, Abigail and Jessica Lawrence; Celeste and Nora Francis; great-great granddaughter Callie Hudson; sisters-in-law Ethel Pitt and Eleanor Pitt; brother-in-law Jack Woolfrey (Joyce), Waterloo, Ont., and sister-in-law Margaret Hall, Victoria, B.C.; as well, numerous nephews and nieces. Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at Memorial University (1970-1982), Professor Emeritus (since 1993), and an honourary graduate of Mount Allison University (LL.D., 1989) and Memorial University (D.Lit., 2005), Dr. Pitt was a distinguished teacher, scholar, church historian, and award-winning biographer of the poet E.J. Pratt. Thanks to Dr. J.D. Vaughan-Jackson, Dr. Maureen Gibbons, Dr. Blair Fleming, Shirley Sullivan, his caregiver for several years, and to the nurses and staff at the Agnes Pratt Home for their superb service and care. Visitation at Barrett’s Funeral Home, 328 Hamilton Avenue, St. John’s, Thursday, March 29th, 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., and Friday, March 30th, 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held at Gower Street United Church on May 1st, 2018. No flowers by request. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, the Newfoundland and Labrador Down Syndrome Society, or Gower Street United Church. “Now cracks a noble heart. – Good night, sweet Prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!” (Hamlet V.ii).