Background
Richard Laurence Ollard was born in Yorkshire on 9 November 1923, the son of Rev Doctor S. L. Ollard, an Anglican clergyman.
Richard Laurence Ollard was born in Yorkshire on 9 November 1923, the son of Rev Doctor S. L. Ollard, an Anglican clergyman.
He was educated at Eton College where he was a King"s Scholar.
He is best known for his work on the English Restoration period. Foreign twelve years from 1948 to 1959 Ollard taught history at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in London. In 1960 he joined the publisher Collins as a senior editor, where he worked until his retirement in 1983.
After his retirement from Collins he continued to research and publish widely and lived in Morecombelake, Dorset.
He died of leukaemia on 21 January 2007. Richard was married to Mary (née Riddell) for 53 years & leaves 3 children & 5 grandchildren.
An honorary member of the Samuel Pepys Club.