Richard M. Langworth

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Richard M. Langworth CBE (born 1941) is an author based in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, United States, and Eleuthera, Bahamas, who specialises in automotive history and Winston Churchill. He was editor of The Packard Cormorant from 1975 to 2001 and is a Trustee of the Packard Motorcar Foundation in Detroit, Michigan. His works have won awards from the Antique Automobile Club of America, Society of Automotive Historians, Old Cars Weekly, Packard Club and Graphic Arts Association of New Hampshire.

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Langworth is also author or editor of A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, [1] Churchill in His Own Words, [2] Churchill By Himself, [3] and nine other books about Churchill. Langworth founded the Churchill Study Unit (1968) and served as the president of its successors the International Churchill Society and the Churchill Centre (1988–1999) and chairman of its board of trustees (2000–2006). He was editor of the Churchill journal "Finest Hour" from 1982 to 2014 and editorial consultant to the National Churchill Museum [4] (2011–2015). Since 2014, he has been Senior Fellow for the Churchill Project [5] at Hillsdale College. [6] In 1998, he was created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Elizabeth II for his services to Anglo-American understanding and history.

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Books

The following books are listed by the Gale Literary Database and represent a partial listing (not counting magazine and journal contributions) of Langworth's major works to date:

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References

  1. ↑ Langworth, Richard M.; Center, The Churchill (1 October 1998). "A CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO THE BOOKS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL: Produced in association with the Churchill Centre". Brasseys – via Amazon.
  2. ↑ Churchill, Winston S. (6 September 2012). Langworth, Richard M. (ed.). "Churchill in His Own Words". Ebury Press – via Amazon.
  3. ↑ Churchill, Winston S. (12 December 2013). Langworth, Richard M. (ed.). "Churchill By Himself". RosettaBooks – via Amazon.
  4. ↑ "National Churchill Museum - Winston Churchill Museum in Fulton, MO". www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org.
  5. ↑ "The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College". The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College.
  6. ↑ "Hillsdale College - What college is meant to be". www.hillsdale.edu.

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