Dr. phil. Herbert Tint

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Dr Herbert Tint Herbert Tint was born in Karlsruhe, Germany in April 1924. In 1939 he arrived in England on a Kindertransport with a group of boys from a residential home in Frankfurt who were sponsored by James and Dorothy Rothschild to settle in the The Cedars, Waddesdon, Bucks. He attended Bicester Grammar School until his internment in May 1940. After his release he completed his examinations and joined the Royal Navy, where he attained the rank of Petty Officer Having been awarded a PhD by London University, he left in 1945 to pursue an academic career During his professorship his subject was French history. He wrote two books, published in 1972 and 1980 respectively, on France and French foreign policy. He retired to Kent, where he devoted his leisure hours to voluntary work in his local hospital, travelling and introducing his guests to his culinary expertise. Sadly his parents perished in the Holocaust and his wife predeceased him. He is survived by his children and grandchildren and will be greatly missed by them and by all his friends. Helga Brown

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Name: Herbert Tint Event Type: Death Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration Year: 2005 Registration District: Kent County: Kent Event Place: Kent, Kent, England Birth Date (available after June quarter 1969): 02 Apr 1924 Volume: 5641L

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Citing this Record "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV4C-CTPM : 4 September 2014), Herbert Tint, Jan 2005; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Kent, Kent, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.