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.

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

Life edit

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 edit

  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 by
Arthur John Hawkes
President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
1946–49
Succeeded by
William Scholes
Preceded by
Arthur John Hawkes
Editor of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
1949–54
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Rev. Henry Arnold Hudson
Editor of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
1934–38
Succeeded by
Arthur John Hawkes
Preceded by Vice-President of the Chetham Society
1938–62
Succeeded by