G. H. Tupling
FRHistS
Born1883 (1883)
Died1962 (aged 78–79)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of London

George Henry Tupling FRHistS (1883 – 1962) was a British historian who was Vice-President of the Chetham Society and President and Editor of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society.

Life

Tupling was educated at the University of London gaining a Bachelors BSc(Econ) degree then proceeded to MA and PhD. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[1][2] He was one of the first to apply modern approaches to the study of local economic history in his Economic History of Rossendale (1927).[2][3]

He was a Member of the Chetham Society, elected as Council Member in 1934 and then Vice-President in 1938[4] and later a Member of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society from 1960.[5] He was also involved in the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, being a Council Member from 1933 to 1961, twice Editor (1934–8 and 1949–54), President (1946–9) and Vice-President (1949–61).[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary: George Henry Tupling". Transactions of Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society. 72: 177–79. 1962.
  2. ^ a b c Astling, A. (2012). "A Life in Local History: George Henry Tupling, 1883–1962". Transactions of Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society. 108: 56–68.
  3. ^ a b "G. H. Tupling". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Chetham Society: Past Officers" (PDF). Chetham Society. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Lit and Phil Card Index | TUPLING, George Henry Dr". cardindex.manlitphil.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
Professional and academic associations Preceded byArthur John Hawkes President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 1946–49 Succeeded byWilliam Scholes Preceded byArthur John Hawkes Editor of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 1949–54 Succeeded byWilliam Henry Chaloner Preceded byRev. Henry Arnold Hudson Editor of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 1934–38 Succeeded byArthur John Hawkes Preceded byGeorge William Daniels Vice-President of the Chetham Society 1938–62 Succeeded byWilliam Reginald Ward


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