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Richard Platt (founder)
Richard Platt may refer to *Richard Platt (writer) (born 1953), English writer *Richard Platt (brewer) Richard Platt (c. 1525 – 28 November 1600) was an English brewer of the City of London, who served as Sheriff of London and founded Aldenham School and almshouses in his home village in Hertfordshire. Life Little is known of Platt's early l ... (died 1600), master brewer and philanthropist * Richard Platt (military officer) (1754–1830), American soldier See also * Dick Platt, English footballer {{hndis, Platt, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Platt (writer)
Richard Platt (born 15 April 1953) is a British writer of nonfiction and information books and multimedia works, primarily for children. Platt was born in Northumberland, England. He started writing when aged 27 with how-to articles and books about photography. By 1992 he had begun writing non-fiction books for children, initially collaborating with Stephen Biesty in a successful series that capitalized on the illustrator's facility for cross-sectional drawings. Since then, Richard Platt has gone on to complete some 100 books for UK publishers Oxford University Press, Kingfisher, Dorling Kindersley and Walker Books (Candlewick Press in the U.S.). Most have been for children and young people, though he also writes books for adults on maritime themes, especially smuggling. Diary series One of Platt's famous books is '' Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter'', illustrated by Chris Riddell (Walker, 2001), a 64-page first-person journal. He won the annual Blue Peter Book Award i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Platt (brewer)
Richard Platt (c. 1525 – 28 November 1600) was an English brewer of the City of London, who served as Sheriff of London and founded Aldenham School and almshouses in his home village in Hertfordshire. Life Little is known of Platt's early life, except that he was the son of Hugh Platt, of Aldenham, and was apprenticed to a London brewer."PLATT, Richard, gent." in ''Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society'', Vol. 5 (Bishopsgate Institute, 1881)p. 74/ref> His date of birth can be inferred from his portrait, which says he was in his 76th year in 1600. He became a master brewer of the Worshipful Company of BrewersEmma Hutching"The school of beer drinking" ''Borehamwood & Elstree Times'', 18 May 2006, accessed 4 February 2021 and the owner of the Old Swan brewery in James Street, London. In 1576 and 1581 he served as Master of the Worshipful Company of Brewers.Malcolm Thick, ''Sir Hugh Plat: the Search for Useful Knowledge in Early Modern London'' (Prospect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Platt (military Officer)
Richard Platt (1754 - 1830."Colonel Richard Platt" ''''. Retrieved on 25 February 2017.) was an aide-de-camp to during the Revolutionary War. Platt served as the chairman of the Committee of Arrangements [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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