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Charles Hill-Tout (1858–1944) was an ethnologist and folklorist, active in British Columbia. He was born in Buckland, Devon, England in 1858. After having spent some time in Canada, in 1891 he moved his family to Vancouver. In 1892, he commenced extensive excavations of the Marpole Midden, for the Art, Historical, and Scientific Association of Vancouver. In 1896 Hill-Tout interviewed Chief Mischelle of the Nlaka'pamux. When the Jesup North Pacific Expedition stopped in Vancouver in 1897, Hill-Tout met Franz Boas, leader of the expedition. Hill-Tout escorted Harlan Smith of the expedition to Lytton for field study. By 1898, Hill-Tout had written his first book on the ethnology of the Haida people. By 1914, he was president of the BC Academy of Science. During WWI he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force with the 242nd Battalion, CEF.

Born: 1858
Died: 1944