Lars Tharp
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Lars Broholm Tharp FSA |
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| Born |
March 27, 1954 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Residence | Leicestershire, England |
| Education | Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Historian, lecturer and broadcaster |
| Notable work | Treasures of Chinese Porcelain (BBC 2011); China in Six Easy Pieces (BBC 2013); Quizeum |
| Television | numerous TV and radio series, documentaries and series including (since 1986) Antiques Roadshow |
| Website | www |
Lars Broholm Tharp (born 27 March 1954, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish-born British historian, lecturer and broadcaster, and one of the longest running 'experts' on the BBC antiques programme, Antiques Roadshow, first appearing in 1986.
Tharp was born in Copenhagen on 27 March 1954, the son of Harry Tharp and Anne Marie Broholm. His maternal grandfather was the keeper of Antiquities at the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen and an expert on the Bronze Age. After moving to England aged 6 Lars was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester, England, before studying for an undergraduate degree in Archaeology and Anthropology at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University.
In 1977, a year after graduating, Tharp began working as an auctioneer at Sotheby's, where he specialised in European and Chinese ceramics. Tharp continued to work with Sotheby's for sixteen years, becoming a director in 1983. He left to form his own company 'Lars Tharp Ltd' in 1993. In 2008 he was appointed the Director of the Foundling Museum in London, and Visiting Professor at De Montfort University, Leicester. Today (2015) he represents the Foundling Museum as its Ambassador, and as "Hogarth Curator".
Tharp is also well known for his appearances as a ceramics expert on the British antiques programme Antiques Roadshow. Tharp explained the appeal of the programme as follows:
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