Edgar Rickard

American mining engineer

Edgar Rickard
Portrait of Edgar Rickard.
Born	(1874-01-17)January 17, 1874 Pontgibaud, France
Died	January 21, 1951(1951-01-21) (aged 77) San Francisco, California
Occupation	Mining Engineer
Parent	Reuben Rickard

Edgar Rickard (January 17, 1874 – January 21, 1951) was a mining engineer^[1] and lifelong confidant of U.S. President Herbert Hoover.^[2]^: 3^[3]

Biography

Family

He was the son of mining engineer Reuben Rickard, and the brother of Thomas Rickard, a mining engineer and one-time mayor of Berkeley, California.^[4] He was born on January 17, 1874, in Pontgibaud, France.^[5]

Carrier

For many years around the turn of the century, he was the editor of a mining journal in London.^[5]

Diary

Rickard maintained a diary. Due to his close connection with President Herbert Hoover, Rickard's diary has become an important source of information about Hoover.^[3]

Death

Rickard died on January 21, 1951^[6] in San Francisco, California.^[5]

References

^ "EDGAR RICKARD, 77, ENGINEER, IS DEAD; Associate of Herbert Hoover on Belgian Relief Commission Well Known, in Mining Father Also an Engineer Manufacturing Firms Officer". The New York Times. January 22, 1951.
^ Reese, Brian Douglas (2018). A Mutual Charge: the Shared Mission of Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman to Alleviate Global Hunger in a Postwar World (MA). Portland State University. doi:10.15760/etd.6362. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Edgar Rickard biographical sketch". Hoover & Truman. National Archives and Records Administration. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ "Obituary". Mining and Scientific Press. Vol. 102, no. 57. San Francisco: Dewey Pub. Co. April 1, 1911. p. 483. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Edgar Rickard, 77, engineer, is dead". The New York Times. January 22, 1951. p. 17. Retrieved 13 December 2019. (Subscription required.)
^ Hayoit, Marie Claude. "The Second Quarter Century (1946-1971)". BAEF. Belgian American Educational Foundation. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

The Rickard mining engineers family tree^[i]

"Captain" James Rickard^[ii] (1808–1860)^[iii]

Grace White (1809–1880)^[iv]^: 41–44

Thomas Rickard^[ii] (1834–1913)

Octavia Rachel Forbes (1837–1890)

Reuben Rickard (1841–1896)^[v]^[vi]

Mary Elizabeth Humphreys^[v] (1841–1895)^[vii]

Alfred Rickard (1848–???)

Thomas Arthur Rickard (1864–1935)^[ii]

Thomas Rickard (1865–1911)^[viii]

Edgar Rickard (1874–1951)^[ix]

Notes

^ Only includes Rickards who were mining engineers and their wives.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Thomas Arthur Rickard". Trans I.M.M. 63: 503–504. 1953–54. Archived from the original on 2019-10-31. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ "Deaths". The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser. Truro, Cornwall, England. 9 March 1860. p. 5.
^ Kiernan, Michael T. (2016). The Engineers of Cornwall at the Mines of Pontgibaud in France. ISBN 9781326553418. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "R. Rickard's Life". Berkeley Gazette. Berkeley, California. March 11, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "From the Antipodes, A Letter from Thomas Rickard". Berkeley Gazette. Berkeley, California. May 12, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "Died". San Francisco Call. San Francisco, California. April 3, 1895. p. 13. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "Obituary Thomas Rickard". Mining and Scientific Press. Vol. 102, no. 13. San Francisco, California: Dewey Publishing Company. 1 April 1911. p. 483. Archived from the original on 2019-12-11. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^ "EDGAR RICKARD, 77, ENGINEER, IS DEAD; Associate of Herbert Hoover on Belgian Relief Commission Well Known, in Mining Father Also an Engineer Manufacturing Firms Officer". January 22, 1951 – via NYTimes.com.