Thomas Arthur Rickard |
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| Born | (1864-08-29)August 29, 1864
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| Died | August 15, 1953(1953-08-15) (aged 88)
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| Occupation | Mining Engineer |
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| Spouse | Marguerite Lydia Rickard |
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| Children | Thomas Jr. (1901–1919)
John (1904–1979) |
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| Parent(s) | Thomas Rickard (1834-1916)
Octavia Rachel Forbes (1837-1879) |
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T. A. Rickard (1864 – 1953), formally known as Thomas Arthur Rickard, was born on 29 August 1864[1] in Italy. Rickard's parents were British, and he became a mining engineer practising in the United States, Europe and Australia. He was also a publisher and author on mine engineering subjects.[2]
Biography
Family and education
Thomas Arthur Rickard was born in Crotone, Italy, the son of Thomas Rickard, a Cornish mining engineer. His grandfather was a Cornish miner, Captain James Rickard.[3] His cousin Tom Rickard was mayor of Berkeley, California at the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. He was educated in Russia and England.[2] In 1882 Rickard entered the Royal School of Mines, London from which he graduated in 1885.[1]
Career
- 1885[1] Assayer, British mining firm, Idaho Springs, Colorado[2]
- 1886 Assistant Manager, California Gold Mining Co., Colorado[1]
- 1887 Manager, Union Gold Mine, San Andreas,[1] Calaveras County, California[2]
- 1889-1891[1] Consultant investigating mines in England and Australia[2]
- 1891[1] In charge, Silver/Lead[2]/Gold[1] mines, French Alps[2]/Isere district[1]
- 1892-1893 Investigating mines in Western U.S.A.
- 1894 Manager, Enterprise Mine, Colorado[1]
- 1895-1901[1] State Geologist, Colorado - appointed by Governor McIntyre and re-appointed by the next two governors[2]
- 1897-1898 Consultant investigating mines in Australia and Canada and other work.[1]
- 1903 Editor-in-chief, Engineering and Mining Journal, New York[1][2]
- In 1903 W.E. Ford published an article in the American Journal of Science naming a new mineral Rickardite after Rickard.[4]
- 1905 purchased Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco[2]
- 1906-1909[1] Editor, Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco[1][2]
- 1909-1915 Founding Editor, Mining Magazine, London[1]
- 1915-1922 Editor, Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco[1]
- 1922-1925 contributing editor, Engineering and Mining Journal, following the amalgamation of Mining and Scientific Press with that Journal[1]
- 1925- Devoted his time to writing[1]
Death
Rickard died in Oak Bay, British Columbia on 15 August[1] 1953.[2]
