Charles ffoulkes
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Charles John ffoulkes (1868–1947) was a British historian, and curator of the Royal Armouries at London. He was a younger son of the Reverend Edmund ffoulkes. He wrote extensively on medieval arms and armour.
He was selected as the Curator of the Armouries by his predecessor, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon, and assumed the office on 1 January 1913.
He served in the First World War in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. He was in command of a pom-pom gun on the roof of Gresham College in London when it was called into action against German Zeppelin bomber L13/LZ 45 on September 8, 1915. [1]
He played an important role in the British Arts and Crafts movement, and was an acquaintance of William Morris.
He was subsequently first curator and secretary of the newly formed Imperial War Museum in London.[2]
His wife Maude Mary Chester ffoulkes née Craven (1871-1949)[3] was a ghostwriter.
Published works
- (1909) Armour and Weapons, Oxford: Clarendon Press; republished by Westholme Publishing, 2005 ISBN 1-59416-022-8
- (1912) The Armourer and His Craft, London: Methuen; republished by Dover, 1988 ISBN 0-486-25851-3
- (1930) The 'Dardanelles' Gun at the Tower
References
- ^ Castle, Ian (2019). The First Blitz in 100 Objects. Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-52673-289-7.
- ^ "Charles ffoulkes, CB, CBE". Imperial War Museum. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ ffoulkes, Maude Mary Chester (1915). My Own Past. London: Cassell & Co. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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