Surésh Dhargalkar
Surésh Dhargalkar
Biography
Dhargalkar was the superintending architect to the
In April 1996, he was the first person ever hired to assist the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection. Not a philatelist himself, he helped Keeper Charles Goodwyn and his adjoint Michael Sefi for simple tasks, such as keeping an eye on visitors consulting the collection and helping the Keeper throughout the Royal court and British government administrative lobbies.[4]
But he was consulted on
In January 2003, when Sefi became Keeper of the Royal Collection, Surésh Dhargalkar was promoted to adjoint of the Keeper.[7] He ended his public service career at the Royal Library, in Windsor.[8]
Member of the Egypt Exploration Society, he helped on The Amarna Project directed by Barry Kemp.[8]
He died on 9 April 2020 at the age of 85.[8]
Honours and awards
- Lieutenant in the Royal Victorian Order in 1992.[3]
- Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London in 2002.[7]
- He received the Queen Elizabeth II Version of the British Royal Family.
References and sources
- References
- ^ Orthograph with an accent in Courtney, Nicholas (2004). The Queen's Stamps.
- ^ Jennings, Peter (14 February 2003). "New keeper of the Queen's stamp collection", The Times. Retrieved on 23 December 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Courtney, Nicholas (2004). The Queen's Stamps, page 308.
- ^ Tasks describes by Michael Sefi in an interview to The Chronicle in October 2004 Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Published January 2005. Web page updates 28 May 2005, retrieved 23 December 2007.
- ^ "The Missing Virgin returns Home in triumph" Archived 15 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, The Island Sun, 2002, retrieved 23 December 2007.
- ^ Courtney, Nicholas (2004). The Queen's Stamps, pages 309-310.
- ^ a b Courtney, Nicholas (2004). The Queen's Stamps, page 309.
- ^ a b c Margaret Vousden, "Obituary", Gibbons Stamp Monthly, July 2020, p.12.
- Sources
- Courtney, Nicholas (2004). The Queen's Stamps. The Authorised History of the ISBN 0-413-77228-4.