Francis Kiddle
Francis Edgar Kiddle (born 1942)[1] is a distinguished philatelist who has achieved an international reputation in the field of philatelic literature and cinderella philately.
Philately
Kiddle is a past President of the Royal Philatelic Society London and in 2006 won a Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award.[2] He is also an FIP (Federation Internationale de Philatelie) accredited judge[3] and is currently Chairman of the FIP Revenue Commission. Kiddle is also Chairman of the Trustees of the British Philatelic Trust.
Since 2005 he has been the Curator of the Perkins Bacon Archive for the Royal Philatelic Society London.[1]
Outside philately
Francis Kiddle worked in the space industry retiring in 1997 as Assistant Director of Space Technology Research, UK,[1] at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency.[4]
Awards and honours
- Roll of Distinguished Philatelists 1995.
- Royal Mail Lifetime Achievement Award 2001.
- Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award 2006
- Roll of Distinguished Cinderella Philatelists 2006.
- Lichtenstein Medal 2012.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.fip-revenue.org/pag/bureau.php FIP Revenue Commission - Chairman's Profile
- ↑ http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/museum/1h_awards2006.html#1 Profiles of 2006 award winners. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
- ↑ http://www.ukphilately.org.uk/intlphil.htm Retrieved 11 April 2009.
- ↑ British Philatelic Trust trustees details. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ↑ "Francis Kiddle to Receive the 2012 Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award" in The London Philatelist, Vol. 121, No. 1392, Jan/Feb 2012, p. 35.
