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	[[File:Egyptological Colloquium 2009 - Richard Parkinson and Bridget Leach (3746088831).jpg\|thumb\|Richard Parkinson (right) with Bridget Leach at an Egyptological event in 2009]]'''R B Parkinson''' (Richard Bruce Parkinson, born 1963<ref name="CV - UoC">http://cif.tors.ku.dk/people/parkinson/Parkinson_CV.pdf/ "Richard Bruce Parkinson CV" University of Copenhagen</ref>) is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.		[[File:Egyptological Colloquium 2009 - Richard Parkinson and Bridget Leach (3746088831).jpg\|thumb\|Richard Parkinson (right) with Bridget Leach at an Egyptological event in 2009]]'''R B Parkinson''' (Richard Bruce Parkinson, born 1963<ref name="CV - UoC">http://cif.tors.ku.dk/people/parkinson/Parkinson_CV.pdf/ "Richard Bruce Parkinson CV" University of Copenhagen</ref>) is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.

	He was educated at [[Barnard Castle]] School, County Durham and [[Queen's College, Oxford]]. He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford]] ~~University~~. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books (popular as well as academic) on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref> His particular interest is Egyptian poetry, some of which has references to same-sex desire, which, as a gay man, he had taken a particular interest in.<ref name=blog>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history Blog post</ref>		He was educated at [[Barnard Castle]] School, County Durham and [[Queen's College, Oxford]]. He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford University]]. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books (popular as well as academic) on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref> His particular interest is Egyptian poetry, some of which has references to same-sex desire, which, as a gay man, he had taken a particular interest in.<ref name=blog>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history Blog post</ref>

	When the Museum was approached to help with an LGBT history trail, he volunteered to help, and this led to the publication of ''A Little Gay History''.<ref name=blog />		When the Museum was approached to help with an LGBT history trail, he volunteered to help, and this led to the publication of ''A Little Gay History''.<ref name=blog />

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	[[File:Egyptological Colloquium 2009 - Richard Parkinson and Bridget Leach (3746088831).jpg\|thumb\|Richard Parkinson (right) with Bridget Leach at an Egyptological event in 2009]]'''R B Parkinson''' (Richard Bruce Parkinson, born 1963<ref name="CV - UoC">http://cif.tors.ku.dk/people/parkinson/Parkinson_CV.pdf/ "Richard Bruce Parkinson CV" University of Copenhagen</ref>) is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.		[[File:Egyptological Colloquium 2009 - Richard Parkinson and Bridget Leach (3746088831).jpg\|thumb\|Richard Parkinson (right) with Bridget Leach at an Egyptological event in 2009]]'''R B Parkinson''' (Richard Bruce Parkinson, born 1963<ref name="CV - UoC">http://cif.tors.ku.dk/people/parkinson/Parkinson_CV.pdf/ "Richard Bruce Parkinson CV" University of Copenhagen</ref>) is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.

	He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford]] University. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books (popular as well as academic) on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref> His particular interest is Egyptian poetry, some of which has references to same-sex desire, which, as a gay man, he had taken a particular interest in.<ref name=blog>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history Blog post</ref>		He was educated at [[Barnard Castle]] School, County Durham and [[Queen's College, Oxford]]. He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford]] University. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books (popular as well as academic) on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref> His particular interest is Egyptian poetry, some of which has references to same-sex desire, which, as a gay man, he had taken a particular interest in.<ref name=blog>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history Blog post</ref>

	When the Museum was approached to help with an LGBT history trail, he volunteered to help, and this led to the publication of ''A Little Gay History''.<ref name=blog />		When the Museum was approached to help with an LGBT history trail, he volunteered to help, and this led to the publication of ''A Little Gay History''.<ref name=blog />

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	:"I read the novel at school, and saw the film while a student at Oxford, and by chance I met my partner exactly three years to the day after seeing the film. So they happen to mean a lot to me. Those are not entirely rational reasons, but then a history of human desire cannot be—and perhaps should not be—entirely rational."<ref name=interview>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history "Interview with R B Parkinson", Columbia University Press</ref>		:"I read the novel at school, and saw the film while a student at Oxford, and by chance I met my partner exactly three years to the day after seeing the film. So they happen to mean a lot to me. Those are not entirely rational reasons, but then a history of human desire cannot be—and perhaps should not be—entirely rational."<ref name=interview>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history "Interview with R B Parkinson", Columbia University Press</ref>

			[[File:A Little Gay History.gif\|thumb\|left\|Cover of ''A Little Gay History'']]
	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	R B Parkinson, ''A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''. Columbia University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-231-16663-8		R B Parkinson, ''A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''. Columbia University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-231-16663-8

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	[[File:Egyptological Colloquium 2009 - Richard Parkinson and Bridget Leach (3746088831).jpg\|thumb\|Richard Parkinson (right) with Bridget Leach at an Egyptological event in 2009]]'''R B Parkinson''' (Richard Bruce Parkinson, born 1963<ref name="CV - UoC">http://cif.tors.ku.dk/people/parkinson/Parkinson_CV.pdf/ "Richard Bruce Parkinson CV" University of Copenhagen</ref>) is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.		[[File:Egyptological Colloquium 2009 - Richard Parkinson and Bridget Leach (3746088831).jpg\|thumb\|Richard Parkinson (right) with Bridget Leach at an Egyptological event in 2009]]'''R B Parkinson''' (Richard Bruce Parkinson, born 1963<ref name="CV - UoC">http://cif.tors.ku.dk/people/parkinson/Parkinson_CV.pdf/ "Richard Bruce Parkinson CV" University of Copenhagen</ref>) is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.

	He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford]] University. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books (popular as well as academic) on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref>		He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford]] University. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books (popular as well as academic) on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref> His particular interest is Egyptian poetry, some of which has references to same-sex desire, which, as a gay man, he had taken a particular interest in.<ref name=blog>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history Blog post</ref>

	''A Little Gay History'' covers same-sex desire through history, with references to a number of objects in the British Museum's collection.<ref name=Columbia>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-16663-8/a-little-gay-history University ~~of Columbia~~</ref> He has said that his favourite among the objhects is the novel and film ''[[Maurice]]'':		When the Museum was approached to help with an LGBT history trail, he volunteered to help, and this led to the publication of ''A Little Gay History''.<ref name=blog />

			''A Little Gay History'' covers same-sex desire through history, with references to a number of objects in the British Museum's collection.<ref name=Columbia>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-16663-8/a-little-gay-history Columbia University Press</ref> He has said that his favourite among the objhects is the novel and film ''[[Maurice]]'':

	:"I read the novel at school, and saw the film while a student at Oxford, and by chance I met my partner exactly three years to the day after seeing the film. So they happen to mean a lot to me. Those are not entirely rational reasons, but then a history of human desire cannot be—and perhaps should not be—entirely rational."<ref name=interview>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history "Interview with R B Parkinson", Columbia University Press</ref>		:"I read the novel at school, and saw the film while a student at Oxford, and by chance I met my partner exactly three years to the day after seeing the film. So they happen to mean a lot to me. Those are not entirely rational reasons, but then a history of human desire cannot be—and perhaps should not be—entirely rational."<ref name=interview>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history "Interview with R B Parkinson", Columbia University Press</ref>

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	R B Parkinson, ''A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World'' Columbia University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-231-16663-8		R B Parkinson, ''A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''. Columbia University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-231-16663-8

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Ross Burgess at 05:26, 27 June 2014

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	'''R B Parkinson''' (Richard Parkinson) is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.		[[File:Egyptological Colloquium 2009 - Richard Parkinson and Bridget Leach (3746088831).jpg\|thumb\|Richard Parkinson (right) with Bridget Leach at an Egyptological event in 2009]]'''R B Parkinson''' (Richard Bruce Parkinson, born 1963<ref name="CV - UoC">http://cif.tors.ku.dk/people/parkinson/Parkinson_CV.pdf/ "Richard Bruce Parkinson CV" University of Copenhagen</ref>) is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.

	He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford]] University. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref>		He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford]] University. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books (popular as well as academic) on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref>

			''A Little Gay History'' covers same-sex desire through history, with references to a number of objects in the British Museum's collection.<ref name=Columbia>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-16663-8/a-little-gay-history University of Columbia</ref> He has said that his favourite among the objhects is the novel and film ''[[Maurice]]'':

			:"I read the novel at school, and saw the film while a student at Oxford, and by chance I met my partner exactly three years to the day after seeing the film. So they happen to mean a lot to me. Those are not entirely rational reasons, but then a history of human desire cannot be—and perhaps should not be—entirely rational."<ref name=interview>http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/interview-parkinson-little-gay-history "Interview with R B Parkinson", Columbia University Press</ref>

			==Further reading==
			R B Parkinson, ''A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World'' Columbia University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-231-16663-8

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Ross Burgess at 05:01, 27 June 2014

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	'''R B Parkinson''' is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.		'''R B Parkinson''' (Richard Parkinson) is a curator at the [[British Museum]] and the author of '' A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World''.

	He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford]] University. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref>		He joined the museum in 1991, having previously taught at [[Oxford]] University. He is an expert in Ancient Egypt, and has published a number of books on Egyptian subjects.<ref name=BM>http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/richard_parkinson.aspx British Museum website</ref>