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CONTRIBUTORS 
The term contributors has been chosen for persons who were especially forthcoming
with 
material for this book-going even beyond the generosity of the readers and
fellow 
researchers thanked in the Acknowledgments. The following three individuals
were par- 
ticularly involved in the project: 
   Michael Archer was for thirty years in the ceramics department at the
Victoria and Albert 
Museum in London. He retired from that institution as Senior Research Curator
in 1996. 
Michael's well-known and universally respected published work on delftware
long ago 
formed a core reason why many collectors in England and America became interested
in 
the subject. In part because of his work, the author, a child of such collectors,
grew to love 
English earthenware and stoneware and eventually chose a similar specialization
in the 
museum field. Michael's insightful and detailed remarks regarding very many
of the 
Longridge delftware objects are interwoven throughout that volume. 
   Margaret Macfarlane recently retired from her position as Keeper of Decorative
Arts at 
England's Hampshire County Museum Service, for whom she acquired and researched
an 
incredible number of rare delftware objects. Because Margaret has long been
regarded as 
the world's foremost specialist on English delft teawares, she was asked
to be responsible 
for the written material relating to that portion of the Longridge collection.
The sections 
on delft books and the boot and shoes also are results of her meticulous
research. 
  Jonathan Home of London is known worldwide as one of the preeminent dealers
in 
English earthenware and stoneware and also is a respected author and supporter
of publi- 
cations on those subjects. In addition to writing the Preface for these volumes,
Jonathan 
worked literally side by side with the author, reviewing the entire delftware
text and 
adding invaluable remarks drawn from his own research and experience. His
input regard- 
ing the "nuts and bolts" of publishing a work such as this was
essential to its coming to 
fruition. 
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