Richard Ernst Eurich (1903 - 1992)
This timeline of Eurich's life draws heavily on his diary and links to resources on this site and around the web, his work and his autobiography.
Early years
1903 to 1913
1903
Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, 14 March 1903, the second of five children, his German born father, Dr FW Eurich, a GP and bacteriologist at Bradford Council's Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory, his mother a Yorkshire Quaker.
Lived at 7 Lindum Terrace, Manningham Lane, Bradford.
1905
Richard's father appointed as bacteriologist to The Bradford Anthrax Investigation Board, a sideline to his growing consutling practice. The board were trying to find ways to eliminate anthrax, the cause of countless deaths among wool sorters.
1908
Richard's father appointed Professor of Forensic Medicine at Leeds Medical School.
Moved to 4 Marlborough Road, Manningham, Bradford.
1910
When Richard was 7 he stayed with a great uncle. He was sent to a local farm for eggs and had a mystical experience there, the inspiration for his 1947 painting 'Remembrance of Things Past'.
Moved to 8 Mornington Villas, Manningham, Bradford, the house with the steps that occur in some works such as the two "Mummers" paintings: The Mummers (1951), The Mummers (1952)
1911
Visited Whitby in the summer of coronation year, an event remembered in his painting 'Whitby, Queen of the Sea, 1911' (1954).