George Henry Tupling (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

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gaining a Bachelors BSc(Econ) degree then proceeded to MA and

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. He was elected a Fellow of the

Royal Historical Society The Royal Historical Society (RHS), founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the H ...

. He was one of the first to apply modern approaches to the study of local economic history in his ''Economic History of Rossendale'' (1927). He was a Member of the

Chetham Society The Chetham Society "for the publication of remains historic and literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester" is a text publication society and registered charity (No. 700047) established on 23 March 1843. History The ...

, elected as Council Member in 1934 and then Vice-President in 1938 and later a Member of

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, popularly known as the Lit. & Phil., is one of the oldest learned societies in the United Kingdom and second oldest provincial learned society (after the Spalding Gentlemen's Society). Promi ...

from 1960. He was also involved in the

Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society The Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society is a historical society and registered charity founded, on 21 March 1883, for the study of any aspects of the area covered by the Palatine Counties of Lancashire and Cheshire (and succeeding local ...

, being a Council Member from 1933 to 1961, twice Editor (1934–8 and 1949–54), President (1946–9) and Vice-President (1949–61).

Select bibliography

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The Economic History of Rossendale
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, New Series, 86 (1927).
“The Royal and Seignorial Bailiffs of Lancashire in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries”
''Chetham Miscellanies VIII'',

, New Series, 109 (1945). *
South Lancashire in the reign of Edward II: As illustrated by the pleas at Wigan recorded in Coram Rege roll no. 254
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, Third Series, 1 (1949).

References

1883 births 1962 deaths Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Alumni of the University of London Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society Chetham Society {{UK-historian-stub