Thomas Arthur Rickard

T. A. Rickard (1864 – 1953), formally known as Thomas Arthur Rickard was born on 29 August 1864 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. 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 Berkley, California at the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. He was educated in Russia and England. In 1882 Rickard entered the Royal School of Mines, London from which he graduated in 1885. Career 1885 Assayer, British mining firm, Idaho Springs, Colorado 1886 Assistant Manager, California Gold Mining Co., Colorado 1887 Manager, Union Gold Mine, San Andreas, Calaveras County, California 1889-1891 Consultant investigating mines in England and Australia 1891 In charge, Silver/Lead/Gold mines, French Alps/Isere district 1892-1893 Investigating mines in Western U.S.A. 1894 Manager, Enterprise Mine, Colorado 1895-1901 State Geologist, Colorado - appointed by Governor McIntyre and re-appointed by the next two governors 1897-1898 Consultant investigating mines in Australia and Canada and other work. 1903 Editor-in-chief, Engineering and Mining Journal, New York In 1903 W.E. Ford published an article in the American Journal of Science naming a new mineral Rickardite after Rickard. 1905 purchased Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco 1906-1909 Editor, Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco 1909-1915 Founding Editor, Mining Magazine, London 1915-1922 Editor, Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco 1922-1925 contributing editor, Engineering and Mining Journal, following the amalgamation of Mining and Scientific Press with that Journal 1925- Devoted his time to writing