Richard Blurton
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T. Richard Blurton (born 1952) is a specialist in South Asian art and archaeology, formerly Assistant Keeper at the British Museum.[1][2]
Blurton has an MPhil in archaeology from Cambridge, and worked on excavations and research projects in Afghanistan and southern India, before joining the British Museum in 1986. A curator in the Dept of Oriental Antiquities (subsequently, the Dept of Asia), he was responsible for the collections from south India, Southeast Asia, and Tibet. He retired in 2018.[3][4]
Awards and honours
2012 Awarded the Brayton Wilbur Jr. Memorial Fellowship in Asian Art[5]