Tout, Thomas Frederick (1855–1929)
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Tout was the driving force behind the creation of the Manchester History School, which (influenced by European developments) strove to impart proper historical techniques to students, helped by the innovation of the special subject. He also opened up new areas in the study of medieval history through his work on the administrative machinery of government.
- Forenames:
- Thomas Frederick
- Surname:
- Tout
- Dates:
- 1855–1929
- Institutions:
- Dictionary of National Biography
English Historical Review
Historical Association
University of Manchester - Significant posts:
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President, Historical Association
President, Royal Historical Society
Professor of Medieval and Modern History, University of Manchester - Influences:
- Deprez, Eugne
Stubbs, William - Contemporaries:
- Grant, Arthur James
Tait, James - Influenced:
- Galbraith, Vivian Hunter
Powicke, Frederick Maurice - Themes:
- Archive skills and tools
Constitutional history
Medieval history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Obituaries:
- Times
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- T. F. Tout, The Place of the Reign of Edward II in English History (Manchester, 1914)
- T. F. Tout, France and England: their Relations in the Middle Ages and Now (Manchester, 1922)
- T. F. Tout, Chapters in the Administrative History of Medieval England (Manchester, 1920–33)
Other reading
- Doris S. Goldstein, 'The organizational development of the British historical profession 1884–1921', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 55 (1982), 180–93
