Thomas Allan Croal (9 December 1832 – 4 April 1907) was a British historian and author.
He wrote, or contributed to, several publications during the late 19th- and early 20th centuries, including A Book About Travelling, Past and Present (1877), Scottish Loch Scenery (1882) and Palaces and Prisons of Mary, Queen of Scots (with Michael Myers Shoemaker, 1903).
Croal was born in Craig's Close, 265 High Street, Edinburgh, in 1832.
[1] Up until December 1897, he worked at the General Post Office, before beginning a role as examiner in its accounting department.
[1] Croal died at his home in James Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, on 4 April 1907, aged 74.