Charles Thomas

1928 - 2016

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Corpus Christi College, Winchester College

occupation: historian, archaeologist, university teacher

award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

influenced by: Ralegh Radford

Antony Charles Thomas, (26 April 1928 – 7 April 2016) was a British historian and archaeologist who was Professor of Cornish Studies at Exeter University, and the first Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies, from 1971 until his retirement in 1991. He was recognised as a Bard of the Cornish Gorseth with the name Gwas Godhyan in 1953. Source: Wikipedia (en)