Author: Ewart Oakeshott
Alternate names: Ronald Ewart Oakeshott; Ewart R. Oakeshott; R Ewart Oakeshott; R. E. Oakeshott; R.Ewart Oakeshott
Born: 25 May 1916
Died: 30 September 2002
Bio: Ronald Ewart Oakeshott was a British illustrator, collector, and amateur historian who wrote prodigiously on medieval arms and armour. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, a Founder Member of the Arms and Armour Society, and the Founder of the Oakeshott Institute. He created a classification system of the medieval sword, the Oakeshott typology, a systematic organization of medieval weaponry.