What is Richard Percival Lister?
[[File:R P Lister 2.jpg|thumb|R. P. Lister in June 2011.]] '''Richard Percival Lister''' {{Small|[[Royal Society of Literature|FRSL]]}} (23 November 1914 &ndash; 1 May 2014), also known simply as '''R. P. Lister''', was an [[English people|English]] [[historian]], [[writer]], [[poet]], [[artist]] and [[Metallurgy|metallurgist]]. His works included ''The Idle Demon'', ''The Rhyme and the Reason'', ''Genghis Khan'' and ''The Travels of Herodotus''. From 1947 until 1949, he worked in liaison for the [[British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association]]. Lister was born in [[Nottingham]], [[Nottinghamshire]]. He was married twice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ablemuse.com/v10/featured-interview/r-p-lister|title=Featured Poet: R.P. Lister - Interviewed by Steve Bucknell|first=Steve|last=Bucknell|publisher=[[Able Muse]]|accessdate=6 June 2014|archive-date=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121073243/http://www.ablemuse.com/v10/featured-interview/r-p-lister|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lister died from [[natural causes]] on 1 May 2014 in [[London]], at the age of 99.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=22872&page=1|title=No more birthdays. R.P.Lister.|first=Steve|last=Bucknell|publisher=[[Able Muse]]|date=8 May 2014|accessdate=2 July 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lister, Richard Percival}} [[Category:1914 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:English historians]] [[Category:English painters]] [[Category:English poets]] [[Category:People from Nottingham]] [[Category:Metallurgists]] [[Category:Writers from Nottinghamshire]] {{Bio-stub}}