Richard West may refer to: Academics and scientists. Richard West (priest) (1670?–1716), English churchman and academic, archdeacon of Berkshire. Richard C. West, Tolkien scholar. Richard Gilbert West (born 1926), British botanist and geologist. Richard Martin West (born 1941), Danish astronomer. Richard Temple West (1827–1893), English clergyman and academic. W. Richard West Sr. (1912–1996), Cheyenne, artist and director of Bacone College's art program. W. Richard West Jr. (born 1943), Cheyenne, founding Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Musicians.
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