Jef Denyn

Joseph Guillaume François "Jef" Denyn (/jɛf dəˈnaɪn/ yef də-NYNE; 19 March 1862 – 2 October 1941) was a Belgian carillon player from Mechelen.

In 1887, Denyn was recognised for his skills and officially appointed to the same position his father had held.

He used his engineering knowledge to vastly improve the technology surrounding carillons, which is now used all over Europe and the United States.

During the First World War, he, his wife Helene, son and four daughters were among those Belgian refugees who fled to England.

The Denyn family were taken in by organist and musicologist William Wooding Starmer (1866–1927) in his house in Tunbridge Wells.