Tuke family
The Tuke family of York were a family of Quaker innovators involved in establishing:
- Rowntree's Cocoa Works
- The Retreat Mental Hospital
- three Quaker schools - Ackworth, Bootham, and The Mount
They included four generations. The main Tukes were:
- William Tuke III (1732-1822), founder of The Retreat at York, one of the first modern insane asylums, in 1792
- Henry Tuke (1755-1814)
- Samuel Tuke (1784-1857)
- James Hack Tuke (1819-1896)
Others included:
- William Murray Tuke (1822-1903), who gained his second name from Lindley Murray
- Dame Margaret Jansen Tuke, D.B.E., M.A. (1862-1947) Principal of Bedford College, London University
- Henry Scott Tuke (12 June 1858 – 13 March 1929), British painter and photographer, is best remembered for his paintings of naked boys and young men, which have earned him a status as a pioneer of gay male culture
- Daniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895), was a prominent campaigner for humane treatment of the insane
See also[]
- "John Tuke, of the city of York, linen-draper, dealer, and chapman" announced on list of "B_K_TS" [1]
- Tuke pedigree
Sources[]
- Willam K Sessions and E.Margaret Sessions (1971) The Tukes of York in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Ebor Press, York. (Includes family tree of 12 generations, pp. 116–117.)
External links[]
History of York: Tuke family and Rowntree's
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