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:
The Popham Armoury at Littlecote House, Leeds, Royal Armouries forthcoming
One hundred masterpieces from the Royal Armouries, Leeds, Royal Armouries forthcoming
A newly-acquired mail crinet, The Spring 2008 Park Lane Arms Fair, London, 2008: 13–16
Pavises in the Royal Armouries collection, Arms & Armour 4.2, 2007: 101–8
Springald sizes in 14th century England, in R D Smith (ed.) ICOMAM 50, papers on arms and military history 1957–2007, Leeds, Basiliscoe Press 2007: 326–31
(with Tom Hulit) Experiments with New Kingdom Egyptian scale armour, archery and chariots in Barry Molloy, The cutting edge, studies in ancient and medieval combat, Stroud, Tempus, 2007: 52–63
Introduction to Indian arms and armour, Leeds, Royal Armouries 2007
New acquisitions by the Royal Armouries, Arms & Armour 4.1, 2007: 83–4
The Greenwich Armouries, The Court Historian 11.2, December 2006: 113–124
Review of ‘Warrior of the Himalayas – rediscovering the arms and armor of Tibet’, Arms and Armour Society Newsletter June 2006: 3–4
New acquisitions by the Royal Armouries, Arms & Armour 3.1, 2006: 105–12
illustrations for S Peachey, The armed forces of Pontus 302 bc–63 ad, Bristol, Stuart Press, 2006
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