T. Tindall (Thomas Tindall) Wildridge

Thomas Tindall Wildridge (1858–1928) was a Hull-born librarian, antiquarian, artist, and author. Sources from Hull History Centre describe him as the son of a local timber merchant, educated at Hull Grammar School, and later employed in the Hull Dock Offices before becoming the Corporation of Hull’s first records clerk in 1884.

Wildridge is remembered for combining archival work with a wider interest in local history, art, and architecture. Hull History Centre and the National Archives material summarized there connect him with indexing civic records and preserving Hull’s history, while Art UK also records him as a painter whose works include portraits and scenes linked to the city.

His books reflect those same interests. Catalog and collection records link him with works such as Old and New Hull, The Dance of Death in Painting and in Print (1887), and The Grotesque in Church Art (1899), showing a writer drawn both to local heritage and to unusual corners of visual culture.