Lars Tharp

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lars Tharp
Occupation	Historian
Date Of Birth	Mar 27, 1954(1954-03-27)
Age	70
Birthplace	Copenhagen
Country	Denmark
Birth City	Capital Region of Denmark
Horoscope	Aries

Lars Tharp Biography

Lars Tharp is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on March 27, 1954 in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark.

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.

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.

Lars Tharp Net Worth

Lars Tharp is one of the richest Historian from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lars Tharp 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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 six, 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.

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Tharp has received two Honorary Doctorates: from De Montfort University (HonDArt); and from Leicester University (HonDLitt) and was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2010. He serves on the court of England’s oldest recorded guild, the Worshipful Company of Weavers (est. by 1130AD).

Facts & Trivia

Laura Ranked on the list of most popular Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Lars Tharp celebrates birthday on March 27 of every year.

Is lars Tharp married?

Tharp lives in Leicestershire with his wife Gillian Block , whom he married in 1983. They have two daughters.

Who is the longest serving expert on the antiques Roadshow?

Fact titleFact data
Joined the Roadshow| 1979

Who is the Jewellery expert on Antiques Roadshow?

Geoffrey Munn is a jewellery specialist, historian and writer but is probably best known as a television presenter on the BBC Antiques Roadshow. His first and only permanent position has been with the court jewellers Wartski which he joined at 19.

Who presented Antiques Roadshow?

The current presenter Fiona Bruce has been with the programme since 2008. Antiques Roadshow inspired interest in antiques and collectables and a whole genre of programmes about discovering them, from Flog It! to Antiques Road Trip.

Which Antiques Roadshow expert dies?

Graham Charles Lay
Died| 27 November 2016 (aged 56)
Occupation| Military antiques expert
Years active| 1988–2016
Television| Antiques Roadshow