Thom Richardson
Thom Richardson is the Keeper of European Armour and Oriental collections at the Royal Armouries Museum based in Leeds.
Biography
Thom Richardson FSA is Keeper of Armour and Oriental collections at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. He joined the staff of the Tower Armouries in 1984 having previously worked for the British Museum and Manchester City Art Gallery.
A former editor of the Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, he is author of numerous books and articles on armour and related subjects, including The medieval armour from Rhodes, co-written with the late Chip Karcheski, and winner of ICOMAM’s Justus Lipsius Prize in 2002.
Recent publications:
- Contributions to Richard Bodley Scott, Swifter than Eagles, the Biblical Middle East at War, Field of Glory Gaming Companion, Osprey, London, 2009
- Contributions to Richard Bodley Scott, Empires of the Dragon, the Far East at War, Field of Glory Gaming Companion, Osprey, London, 2009
- (with Graeme Rimer and J P D Cooper) Henry VIII, arms and the man 1509–2009, Leeds, Royal Armouries, 2009, including numerous catalogue entries
- The Royal Armour Workshops at Greenwich, in G Rimer, T Richardson and J P D Cooper, Henry VIII, arms and the man 1509–2009, Leeds, Royal Armouries, 2009: 148–154
- Arming the Early Tudor Army, in G Rimer, T Richardson and J P D Cooper, Henry VIII, arms and the man 1509–2009, Leeds, Royal Armouries, 2009: 256–7
- Knights of fire, an interview with Erasmus Kirkenar, in Sarah Kilby (ed) Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill, Historic Royal Palaces, London, 2009: 42–5
- Contributions to Susan Doran, Henry VIII, Man and Monarch, London, British Library 2009
- European arms and armour entries in The British Museum collection database, 2009 www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/advanced_search.aspx
- Asian arms and armour entries in the Fitzwilliam Museum collections database, 2009 www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/collections/
- An early Greenwich armet, Arms & Armour 6.1, 2009: 5–11
- New acquisitions by the Royal Armouries, Arms & Armour 6.1, 2009: 93–5
- The Witton-le Wear Sallet, The Spring 2010 Park Lane Arms Fair, London, 2010:
- (with Silke Ackermann and Elizabeth Gatti) A 17th century pikeman’s armour from Antwerp, Arms & Armour 7.1, 2010: 30–39
- New acquisitions by the Royal Armouries, Arms & Armour 7.1, 2010: 104–7
- (with Emma Schmeucker and Rose Lees) The examination and conservation of a 17th century Indian horse armour, Metals, 2010:
- One hundred masterpieces from the Royal Armouries_, Leeds, Royal Armouries forthcoming
- (with Graeme Rimer ) The Popham Armoury at Littlecote House, Leeds, Royal Armouries forthcoming
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