ProfessorArthur Herbert Dodd (1891 – 21 May 1975)[1] was anacademichistorian who taught and published widely, specialising in thepolitics of theTudor andStuart periods,Welsh history, and thehistory of theIndustrial Revolution.[2]
Dodd was born and brought up inWrexham,Denbighshire, where his father Charles was aheadmaster at Victoria School. It was a family of modest means but studious inclinations; one of his three brothers,C. H. Dodd, achieved particular distinction as aNew Testament scholar. Having attendedGrove Park Grammar School in the town he went up toNew College, Oxford in 1911, and after graduating inhistory, joined theRoyal Army Medical Corps (2nd West Lancashire Field Ambulance) in 1914 with whom he saw active service inFrance.
Dodd was appointedlecturer in history at theUniversity College of North Wales in 1919, and succeeded SirJohn Edward Lloyd as professor of history there in 1930, remaining until his retirement in 1958. He also taught in the Extra-Mural Department, and was stalwart of theWorkers' Educational Association and theCambrian Archaeological Association. In retirement he was curator of Bangor Museum, and taught atBangor Normal College (then St Mary's Educational College, now part of the University of Bangor).
He was a founder member of theDenbighshire Historical Society, and edited a history of Wrexham to coincide with the Borough Centenary Celebration in 1957. He was made afreeman of theBorough of Wrexham in 1963. A centenary celebration of his birth was held in Wrexham in 1991.
Though not a native speaker, Dodd was a supporter of theWelsh language and brought up his children as Welsh speakers, at a time when the language had far less social status.
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