caption death_date birth_place honorific_suffix birth_date image article_title education name occupation alma_mater
keith 1975 . kissack with prince charles in monmouth museum , 31 march 2010 clun , shropshire mbe 18 november 1913 monmouth museum.jpg keith kissack
 durham school keith edward kissack schoolteacher historian st mark and st john 's college
keith kissack

keith edward kissack mbe -lrb- 18 november 1913 -- 31 march 2010 -rrb- 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 .
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 magistrate who chaired the local bench .
he was also curator of the monmouth museum , and a fellow of the society of antiquaries .
he was made mbe in 1976 .
his major publications , excluding journal articles , included : `` the trivial round : life in monmouth , 1830-1840 '' -lrb- 1955 -rrb- `` the inns and friendly societies of monmouth '' -lrb- with e.t.davies , 1963 , revised 1981 -rrb- `` the formative years : the rise of monmouth under its breton lords , 1075-1257 '' -lrb- 1969 -rrb- `` mediaeval monmouth '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- `` monmouth : the making of a county town '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- `` the river wye '' -lrb- 1978 -rrb- `` the river severn '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- `` victorian monmouth '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- `` monmouth and its buildings '' -lrb- 1991 , revised 2003 -rrb- `` haberdashers monmouth school for girls '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- `` monmouth school and monmouth , 1614-1995 '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- `` the lordship , parish and borough of monmouth '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- `` the schools in the priory '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- `` home front monmouth '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- `` monmouth during the first war '' -lrb- with betty williams , 2001 -rrb- `` monmouth priory '' -lrb- with david williams et al. , 2001 -rrb-
