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'''Keith Edward Kissack''', [[M.B.E.]] (18 November 1913 - 31 March 2010) was a [[British]] schoolteacher and historian. He is notable for his many publications on the history of [[Monmouth]] and [[Monmouthshire]]. |
'''Keith Edward Kissack''', [[M.B.E.]] (18 November 1913 - 31 March 2010) was a [[British people|British]] schoolteacher and historian. He is notable for his many publications on the history of [[Monmouth]] and [[Monmouthshire]]. |
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He was born in [[Clun]], [[Shropshire]], and attended [[Durham School]] where he was a member of the school [[cricket]] team in 1931 and 1932. He later attended [[University College Plymouth St Mark & St John#History|St Mark and St John's College]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], where he trained as a teacher.<ref>[http://http.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1054/1054143/1054143.html Keith Kissack at CricketArchive]. Accessed 24 January 2012</ref> After the [[Second World War]], in which he was wounded, he taught in Monmouth, becoming headmaster of Priory Street School. He served on Monmouth Town Council, and was a director of the [[Monmouth Museum]]. He was also a [[magistrate]] who chaired the local [[Bench (law)|bench]], and a Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]].<ref>[http://www.stellabooks.com/news_in_brief_archives.php Stella Books]. Accessed 24 January 2012</ref><ref name=kissack>Keith Kissack, ''Monmouth and its Buildings'', Logaston Press, 2003, ISBN 1-904396-01-1, p.viii and cover</ref> He was awarded the M.B.E.. |
He was born in [[Clun]], [[Shropshire]], and attended [[Durham School]] where he was a member of the school [[cricket]] team in 1931 and 1932. He later attended [[University College Plymouth St Mark & St John#History|St Mark and St John's College]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], where he trained as a teacher.<ref>[http://http.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1054/1054143/1054143.html Keith Kissack at CricketArchive]. Accessed 24 January 2012</ref> After the [[Second World War]], in which he was wounded, he taught in Monmouth, becoming headmaster of Priory Street School. He served on Monmouth Town Council, and was a director of the [[Monmouth Museum]]. He was also a [[magistrate]] who chaired the local [[Bench (law)|bench]], and a Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]].<ref>[http://www.stellabooks.com/news_in_brief_archives.php Stella Books]. Accessed 24 January 2012</ref><ref name=kissack>Keith Kissack, ''Monmouth and its Buildings'', Logaston Press, 2003, ISBN 1-904396-01-1, p.viii and cover</ref> He was awarded the M.B.E.. |
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Revision as of 13:00, 24 January 2012
Keith Edward Kissack, M.B.E. (18 November 1913 - 31 March 2010) was a British schoolteacher and historian. He is notable for his many publications on the history of Monmouth and Monmouthshire.
He was born in Clun, Shropshire, and attended Durham School where he was a member of the school cricket team in 1931 and 1932. He later attended St Mark and St John's College, Chelsea, where he trained as a teacher.[1] After the Second World War, in which he was wounded, he taught in Monmouth, becoming headmaster of Priory Street School. He served on Monmouth Town Council, and was a director of the Monmouth Museum. He was also a magistrate who chaired the local bench, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.[2][3] He was awarded the M.B.E..
His major publications, excluding journal articles, included:[4][3]
- The Trivial Round: Life in Monmouth, 1830-1840 (1955)
- The Inns and Friendly Societies of Monmouth (with E.T.Davies, 1963, revised 1981)
- The Formative Years: the rise of Monmouth under its Breton lords, 1075-1257 (1969)
- Mediaeval Monmouth (1974)
- Monmouth: the Making of a County Town (1975)
- The River Wye (1978)
- The River Severn (1982)
- Victorian Monmouth (1984)
- Monmouth and its Buildings (1991, revised 2003)
- Haberdashers Monmouth School for Girls (1992)
- Monmouth School and Monmouth, 1614-1995 (1995)
- The Lordship, Parish and Borough of Monmouth (1996)
- The Schools in the Priory (1999)
- Home Front Monmouth (2000)
- Monmouth during the First War (with Betty Williams, 2001)
- Monmouth Priory (with David Williams et al., 2001)
References
- ^ Keith Kissack at CricketArchive. Accessed 24 January 2012
- ^ Stella Books. Accessed 24 January 2012
- ^ a b Keith Kissack, Monmouth and its Buildings, Logaston Press, 2003, ISBN 1-904396-01-1, p.viii and cover
- ^ Keith Kissack books at WorldCat. Accessed 24 January 2012
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