Buck Anne:
Anne Buck OBE (1910-2005) was a fashion historian and museum curator, first at Luton museum (1938-1947) and later at the Platt Hall, Manchester (1947-1972) where she was keeper of the Gallery of English Costume.Crook Barbara:
Barbara Crook was an assistant archivist to Joyce Godber at Bedfordshire County Record Office in the 1940s or early 1950s.Freeman C. E.:
Charles Freeman (1906-1965) was the curator of Luton Museum, for which he published guides and books on the hat industry and pillow lace. He was first editor of the Bedfordshire Magazine, 1947-1965, secretary of BHRS, 1947-1965 and chairman of the Bedfordshire Archaeological Council from 1962.Gilmore G. D.:
Gaston Denis Gilmore (1911-1979) was a solicitor in a Bedford firm. In 1974 he became keeper of Bedford Borough muniments.Godber Joyce:
Joyce Godber (1906-1999) was Bedfordshire-born. Following a history degree, she spent a few years teaching, then worked at Oxford University Press. She was assistant secretary at the Institute of Historical Research before becoming clerk of the records, then County Archivist of Bedfordshire (1946-68). She was general editor of BHRS (1946-76) and an active member of the Society of Archivists and the British Records Association. She planned the transfer of the record office to its new premises, which took place in 1969, the year in which her History of Bedfordshire was published.Henman W. N.:
Walter Henman (1887-1956) was a Bedford antiquarian, local historian and archaeologist. He was also a prolific photographer, producing glass lantern slides in the early 1900s, particularly of buildings and topography.Marsom F. W.:
F W Marsom (1905-1950), from Northill, was an active member of Bedfordshire local history societies, contributing to the Bedfordshire Magazine. At the time of his death, he had recently volunteered to help with surveying footpaths in Northill, having prepared a pre-enclosure map of the parish.Tibbutt H. G.:
Gordon Tibbutt FSA, FRHistS (1913-1982) was an historian of nonconformity in Bedfordshire and wrote histories of many of its dissenting churches.Willan T. S.:
Thomas S. Willan FBA (1910-1994) was Professor of Economic History at Manchester University. He specialised in internal, coastal and international trade and on river navigation, mainly in the early modern period.
