R.C. Richardson

Background

R. C. Richardson was born on August 31, 1944, in Middleton, Lancashire, United Kingdom. He is a son of Clifford Richardson, a painting contractor, and Doris (Taylor) Richardson, a shop owner.

Education

Richardson graduated from the University of Leicester with honors, with his bachelor's degree in history in 1965. He then received his doctor's degree from the University of Manchester three years later.

Career

Richardson began his career at Thames Polytechnic (now University of Greenwich), working as a lecturer there, becoming a senior lecturer, a post which he held from 1968 till 1977. From that same year, Richardson worked as a head of the department of the King Alfred’s University College (now University of Winchester), also serving there as a professor in 1993.

Among his writings are Puritanism in North-West England, Regional Study of the Diocese of Chester to 1642, The Debate on the English Revolution, Town and Countryside in the English Revolution and Explaining the English Revolution.

Works

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  • The Study of History

    (This second, much-expanded and revised edition brings the...)

    1988
  • Images of Oliver Cromwell: Essays for and by Roger Howell, Jr

    (This book will interest scholars of the English civil war...)

  • Debate on the English Revolution 1977
  • British Economic and Social History 1976
  • Puritanism in North-West England 1972
  • The Urban Experience. English, Scottish and Welsh Towns, 1450-1700 1983
  • Town and Countryside in the English Revolution 1992

Membership

Richardson is a member of the Royal Historical Society.

Interests

• theatre, music, travel, reading

Connections

Father:

Clifford Richardson

He was a painting contractor.

Mother:

Doris (Taylor) Richardson

She was a shop owner.