| Ricardo E. Latcham | |
| Birth Place: | Thornbury, U.K. |
| Death Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Employer: | Chilean National Museum of Natural History |
| Occupation: | Archaeologist, ethnologist |
Ricardo Eduardo Latcham Cartwright (Thornbury, England, 5 March 1869 – Santiago, Chile, 16 October 1943) was an English-Chilean archaeologist, ethnologist, folklore scholar and teacher.
Born and raised near Bristol, England, as Richard Edward Latcham, he immigrated as a young man to Chile. There he became known for his ethnological and archeological work related to the indigenous Mapuche, Diaguita[1] and Chango peoples.
He worked for the Chilean National Museum of Natural History. Based on his contributions, he was selected as a member of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
Latcham married in Chile and had a son with his wife. Their son is Ricardo A. Latcham, known as an Anglo-Chilean writer and historian.