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.
ffoulkes was selected as the Curator of the Armouries by his predecessor, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon, and assumed the office on 1 January 1913.
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.
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Published works
- (1909) Armour and Weapons, Oxford: Clarendon Press; republished by Westholme Publishing, 2005 Template:ISBN
- (1912) The Armourer and His Craft, London: Methuen; republished by Dover, 1988 Template:ISBN
- (1930) The 'Dardanelles' Gun at the Tower
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