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Richard Ollard

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Born
December 31 1922
Died
3131 12 20062006
Richard Laurence Ollard was an English historian and biographer. He is best known for his work on the English Restoration period. He was educated at Eton College where he was a King's Scholar. He joined the Navy during the Second World War and won an exhibition to New College, Oxford at its conclusion. For 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.

Interests and achievements:

- In 1992 he was awarded the Caird Medal by the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum.
- In 1997 he was joint winner of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime's contribution to the pleasure of reading.
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Past Vice President of the Navy Records Society
- An honorary member of the Samuel Pepys Club

Richard Ollard

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Born
December 31 1922
Died
3131 12 20062006
Richard Laurence Ollard was an English historian and biographer. He is best known for his work on the English Restoration period. He was educated at Eton College where he was a King's Scholar. He joined the Navy during the Second World War and won an exhibition to New College, Oxford at its conclusion. For 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.

Interests and achievements:

- In 1992 he was awarded the Caird Medal by the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum.
- In 1997 he was joint winner of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime's contribution to the pleasure of reading.
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Past Vice President of the Navy Records Society
- An honorary member of the Samuel Pepys Club

Books from Richard Ollard

Samuel Pepys and His Circle

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Pepys and his Contemporaries

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Clarendon and His Friends

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Fisher & Cunningham: A Study In The Personalities Of The Churchill Era

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Phoenix: Man of War: Sir Robert Holmes and the Restoration Navy

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The Image of the King: Charles I and Charles II

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Spithead: An Informal History

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