Raymond Toole Stott

Raymond Toole Stott MBE (1910–1982) was a bibliographer and historian of the circus and its allied arts.[1][2][3][4][5] He wrote a definitive book on conjuring.[5][4]

Raymond Toole Stott MBE

Toole Stott was a friend of Somerset Maugham and wrote a bibliography of Maugham’s writings.[4] Aside from his work as a bibliograper, Toole Stott was Librarian and Departmental Records Officer, H.M. Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor.[6]

Life

Toole Stott was born in 1910, the son of a Norfolk vicar.[1] He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead after which he began a career in journalism.[1]

Toole Stott is best known for his bibliography of publications on the Circus and Allied Arts that were published between 1958 and 1970.[1][3] He also worked as a press agent for Bertram Mills between 1930 and 1940 before joining the Royal Air Force during World War II.[1] After the war he resumed an earlier collaboration with Somerset Maugham compiling a bibliography of Maugham's writings.[1][7] Aside from his work as a bibliograper, Toole Stott was Librarian and Departmental Records Officer, H.M. Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, for which he was made MBE.[6]

Toole Stott died on 10 January 1982 at his home in Westminster, London.[1]

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References
  1. Obituary in The Times, Mr Raymond Toole Stott, January 23, 1982, p.8
  2. "Toole-Stott (Raymond) Circus Collection (PA Mss 14)". UCSB Library. August 19, 2011.
  3. "Circus and allied arts: a world bibliography 1500-1982 : based mainly on circus literature in the British Library, the Library of Congress, the Universiteitsbibliotheek Van Amsterdam, the Bibliothèque Nationale and on his own collection". Circus Friends Association of Great Britain. July 31, 1992 – via Open WorldCat.
  4. Toole-Stott, Raymond (July 31, 1976). "A bibliography of English conjuring". Harpur and Sons – via Open WorldCat.
  5. Simons, Linda Keir (July 31, 1994). "The Performing Arts: A Guide to the Reference Literature". Libraries Unlimited – via Google Books.
  6. "Listing" (PDF). thegazette.co.uk. 10 June 1967. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  7. Stott, Raymond Toole (July 31, 1950). "Maughamiana: the writings of W. Somerset Maugham: being a handlist of works by William Somerset Maugham and of his contributions to certain selected periodicals : together with an introduction an some notes on the periodicals". William Heinemann – via Open WorldCat.
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