Canon Thomas Allen Blyth DD (7 January 1844 – 19 July 1913), author, historian, editor of the Worcester Diocesan Calendar (1889), Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral (1898), examining Chaplain and Commissary to the Archbishop of Ottawa, Commissary to the Bishops of Niagara (from 1890) and Surrogate to the Diocese of Worcester (from 1900).^[1][2][3]

Early life

Thomas Allen Blyth was born in London on 7 January 1844, the second son of Henry Ralph Blyth of Wivenhoe, Beaumont, London and Bedford. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Queen's College, Oxford (BA (Hons in Theology) 1882, MA 1885, BD 1888, DD 1892).^[2]

Career

Blyth was an Assistant Master at the Bedford Schools (1865–75) and ordained in 1875. He was Curate of Wymondham, Norfolk (1875–77), Clifton-upon-Dunsmore (1877–78), Thame (1879–81) and St Saviour in the Parish of Upper Chelsea (1884–85).^[2] He was a Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland (1870); Hon. Fellow Academy of Roman Citizens (1870); PhD and MA, University of Göttingen (1870).^[2]

Blyth was Vice-Chairman of the Foleshill Board of Guardians (1887–92) and was made editor of the Worcester Diocesan Calendar in 1889.^[2] He was Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral (1898), examining Chaplain and Commissary to the Archbishop of Ottawa, Commissary to the Bishops of Niagara (from 1890), Chairman of the Stoke School Board (1897–99) and Surrogate to the Diocese of Worcester (from 1900).^[2]

Blyth was made a Doctor of Divinity of the University of Durham in 1901 and was a senior fellow of the Geological Society of Edinburgh.^[2] In addition to his official church duties, Blyth was an author, translator and historian producing 38 works in 61 publications, many Latin translations.^[3]

Family life

Blyth married Mary Jane, 3rd daughter of John Hands of Grandborough House, Grandborough, Warwickshire. They had a son and a daughter. He died on 19 July 1913.^[2]