Thomas Arthur Rickard

T. A. Rickard (1864–1953), formally known as Thomas Arthur Rickard, was born on 29 August 1864

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. 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. 1905 purchased Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco 1953. ‘Standardization of English in technical literature’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 19, 1909–10 ‘Domes of Nova Scotia’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 21, 1911–12 ‘Persistence of ore in depth’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 24, 1914–15 ‘The later Argonauts‘ Trans I.M.M., vol. 36, 1926-7 ‘Copper mining in Cyprus’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 39, 1929–30 ‘Gold and silver as money metal’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 41, 1931-32 ‘The primitive smelting of copper and bronze’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 44, 1934–35 ‘The primitive use of gold’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 44, 1934–35 Retrospect (1937) - his autobiography "Indian Participation in the Gold Discoveries." British Columbia Historical Quarterly 2:1 (1938): 3-18 The Romance of Mining. Toronto: Macmillan (1944) Historic Backgrounds of British Columbia. Vancouver: Wrigley Printing (1948) Autumn Leaves. Vancouver: Wrigley Printing (1948)