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Dr. Todd Gray FRHistS, MBE is a historian of the county of Devon, England, long based at Exeter University. As of 2007 he was Honorary Research Fellow of Exeter University, Chairman of the Devonshire Association and of Friends of Devon's Archives (retired 2014), and President of the Family History Society. He famously claimed that the Cornish Pasty was in fact invented in Devon in about 1460 which not only caused consternation in Cornwall, but was remarked upon as far away as China.
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Biography
Gray was born in New England, and visited England for the first time as a schoolboy in the 1970s. As an undergraduate student Gray returned to England to attend the University of London to complete his degree, and in 1989 obtained a Doctorate in History from Exeter University. He remains in 2014 a Research Fellow of the University and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He obtained British citizenship in 2006. Gray has served as Chairman of the Devonshire Association and of Friends of Devon's Archives, and in 2014 retired as President of the Family History Society. He was awarded the MBE in the 2014 New Year's Honours List as retiring Chairman of the Friends of Devon's Archives and for services to Devon's heritage. At one time he wrote a weekly column "history Matters" for the Exeter Express and Echo local newspaper.
Publications
Gray is said to have written more widely on Devon than any other Devon historian and has published over 40 works, many through his own publishing company including:
Published by Mint Press
Further works by Todd Gray: