Charles Hill-Tout (1858–1944) was an ethnologist and folklorist, active in British Columbia, born in Buckland, Devon, England on 28 September 1858. In his early years, Hill-Tout studied divinity at a seminary in Lincoln; he preached in Cardiff. He married Edith Mary Stothert and soon became fascinated with Darwinism. He participated in the Oxford Movement, before his departure from England and landing in Toronto, Ontario, where he purchased a 100-acre farm near Port Credit on Lake Ontario. He was eventually offered a teaching position by his mentor, Daniel Wilson of Toronto University. Wilson told Hill-Tout about the indigenous Haida people and their totems, which aroused in him an insatiable curiosity. He set out for Vancouver, British Columbia, where he hoped to conduct ethnographic rese