The Parish Church of St John-at-Hampstead

Thomas Frederick TOUT

  • Born: 1855
  • Died: 1929
  • Grave/memorial: F Bay

Historian and teacher. Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford; Professor at Lampeter and later Manchester (1890-1925). He published numerous textbooks specialising in mediaeval history [DNB]. Chaucer supplied the epitaph on his grave: ‘And glady wolde he lerne and gladly teche.’ According to the magazine of the Historical Association, of which he was President (1910-1912), he could be so sharp-tongued that not everyone believed that ‘Tout comprendre c’est Tout pardonner’.

Reference: Buried in Hampstead, Camden History Society 1986
Additional research by the 2012 project team