John Marriott (philatelist)
Sir John Brook Marriott
Early life
A mathematics graduate from St John's College, Cambridge during World War II, Marriott was quickly sent in 1943 to Bletchley Park, then the United Kingdom's main codebreaking establishment.[2][3]
Teaching
From 1945 to 1982 Marriott taught mathematics at Charterhouse School, in Godalming, Surrey, where he was a housemaster from 1960 to 1975.[2]
Philately
A Stamp collector from the age of twelve,[3] Marriott was a specialist in Trinidad postal history. In 1952 he sold part of this collection to set up a new home after his marriage.[4] He rebuilt his collection again and won medals at international philatelic exhibitions.[3]
In 1969,
Because Wilson had preferred to let time pass between receiving new stamp issues from Britain and the Commonwealth and mounting them into
He retired from teaching in 1982 and was elected to serve as president of the Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) from 1983 until 1986. He had been vice-president of the society since 1979.[2]
Facing an increasing amount of work and activities, he was the first keeper of the Royal Collection to have a deputy: Charles Wyndham Goodwyn, president of the RPSL since 1991.[3] He helped Marriott mount the collection, prepare exhibitions and write articles that permitted the Royal Philatelic Collection to be self-sufficient.[3] Marriott gave up his function of the keeper to Goodwyn in September 1995.[3]
Honours and awards
- Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1978, Commander in 1991 and Knight Commander in 1995.[2]
- Tilleard Medal in 1968 from the RPSL for the exhibition of his Trinidad collection.[3] This collection won a gold medal at the 1960 London and the 1967 Amsterdam exhibitions.[2]
- Signatory of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1972.[2]
- Alfred Lichtenstein Memorial Award in 1988 from the Collectors Club of New York.[2]
References and sources
- References
- ^ Bateman, Robert. Stamp collectors' who's who. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1960, p. 59.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Obituary: Sir John Marriott" by Francis Kiddle in The Independent, 17 July 2001.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Courtney, Nicholas (2004). The Queen's Stamps, pp. 294-303.
- ^ Mary Thompson, his wife, would earn the nickname "Lady McLeod", the name of the first stamps used in Trinidad. Anecdote quoted in Courtney, Nicholas (2004). The Queen's Stamps, page 296.
- Sources
- Courtney, Nicholas (2004). The Queen's Stamps. The Authorised History of the ISBN 0-413-77228-4.