15 Facts About Thomas Tout

Thomas Tout was one of the founders of the Historical Association in 1906.

Thomas Tout learned Welsh, wrote and lectured on Welsh history, and contributed many of the Welsh articles to the DNG, including some on modern as well as medieval figures.

Thomas Tout's descendants have said that this famous outpouring of influential biographical ur-essays was due to no more than the sheer poverty of a young married academic needing cash for words.

Thomas Tout had a flair for writing textbooks and he not only covered English medieval history but was able to offer concise views of the Middle Ages on the Continent.

Firth, who was an external examiner for St David's for a number of years, Thomas Tout rescued the collection from neglect, arranging for seventy-two volumes to be rebound, rearranging the contents of some, and bringing together, for example, all the Civil War and Commonwealth newspapers scattered throughout the collection, into four volumes arranged in chronological order.

Thomas Tout was the most distinguished member of the Lampeter staff at this time, and was styled professor of history.

In 1890, Thomas Tout left Lampeter and became professor of history at Owens College, Manchester, where he stayed until 1925.

Thomas Tout was prolific in writing short, sharp articles about the significance of particular documents he had found, most of which still stand up impressively.

Thomas Tout was president of the Royal Historical Society from 1925 to 1929.

Thomas Tout was a member of the Chetham Society, and served as a member of Council from 1907 to 1929.

Thomas Tout served from 1919 to 1921 as the first chairman of the Central Organisation of Military Education Committees of the Universities and University Colleges, what is the Council of Military Education Committees of the Universities of the United Kingdom.

Thomas Tout introduced original research into the undergraduate programme, culminating in the production of a Final Year thesis based on primary sources.

Thomas Tout is, moreover, thought to be responsible for the appointment of the first female academic at Manchester University.

Thomas Tout was a leading force in the creation of the Manchester University Press as it emerged as an important imprint for both medieval and modern scholarship.

Thomas Tout was a devout Anglican and died in 1929.