Richard Maidment

Richard Anthony Maidment was a British political scientist born into an Anglo-Indian family in Calcutta on 24 September 1944, who moved to Britain for grammar school in Beckenham, Kent.[1] He served as Lecturer in American Studies at Keele University (1970-83), then at the Open University (1983-97), becoming Professor of US Government and Politics until 2003, and edited several volumes on political topics.[1] He died in Denver, Colorado, on 10 August 2003, aged 58.[1][2]