William Tuckwell

William Tuckwell

William Tuckwell (born November 27, 1829 in Oxford , † February 1, 1919 in Pyrford Rough, Pyrford , Surrey ) was a British schoolmaster, author and representative of Christian socialism .

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William Tuckwell was the eldest son of his father of the same name, William Tuckwell (1784–1845) and his wife Margaret (née Wood, 1803 / 04–1842). His father was an eminent physician at Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Tuckwell first attended a private preparatory school in Hammersmith and began a successful education at Winchester College in 1842 . In 1848 he moved to New College in Oxford. There he graduated from Literae Humaniores in 1852 . From 1853 to 1854 Tuckwell worked as a teacher at St. Columba's College in Rathfarnham near Dublin . He was later ordained and became curate of St. Mary Magdalene at Oxford. From 1857 to 1864 Tuckwell directed the New College School. In 1858 he married Rosa (* 1829/30), the eldest daughter of Henry Strong (1794–1876). Emilia Francis Dilke (Lady Dilke, 1840-1904) was her sister. The couple had a son and three daughters, including the union and social reformer Gertrude Mary Tuckwell (1861-1951).

In 1864, Tuckwell moved as head of the Grammar School in Taunton , the later Taunton Collegiate School. With the support of Henry de Labouchère, 1st Baron Taunton , he had new buildings erected and reformed the curriculum in which he included science teaching. Eleven years later, the number of students taught had increased more than fivefold. His decision next Anglicans and nonconformists take and Catholics, met with increasing criticism, he that in 1877 resigned. For a short time he was house manager at Blundell's School in Tiverton .

In 1878 Tuckwell was awarded the Vicarie of Stockton in Warwickshire by New College . Influenced by writings such as Henry Georges Progress and Poverty and Alfred Russel Wallace's Land Nationalization, as well as the oppressive poverty in his community, he developed into a public figure. Beginning with an address for the local liberal association in 1884, he made numerous public speeches, including at the annual meeting of the National Liberal Federation . In 1886 Tuckwell divided his parish into parcels for residents of the parish. In numerous writings he advocated the nationalization of the land, universal suffrage, self-government and broad reforms, which he called Christian socialism.

In 1893 Tuckewell became rector of Waltham , Lincolnshire . He withdrew from party politics and began writing his memoir : Ancient Ways. Winchester Fifty Years Ago (1893), Reminiscences of Oxford (1900), Reminiscences of a Radical Parson (1905) and Pre-Tractarian Oxford (1909). He also published popular accounts of Alexander William Kinglake (1902), Geoffrey Chaucer (1904), Horace (1906) and Herbert Spencer (1906). In 1905 Tuckwell retired to the estate of his brother-in-law Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet (1843-1911) Pyrford Rough.

Fonts (selection)

• The Ancient Ways: Winchester 50 years ago . Macmillan & Co., London / New York 1893.
• Reminiscences of Oxford . Cassel & Co., London / Paris / New York / Melbourne 1900 ( online ).
• AW Kinglake. A biographical and literary study . George Bell & Sons, London 1902 ( online ).
• Chaucer . George Bell & Sons, London 1904 ( online ).
• Horace . George Bell & Sons, London 1905 ( online ).
• Reminiscences of a radical parson . Cassell & Co., London / Paris / New York / Melbourne 1905.
• Spenser . George Bell & Sons, London 1906 ( online ).
• Pre-tractarian Oxford. A reminiscence of the Oriel “Noetics” . Smith, Elder & Co., London 1909 ( online ).
• “Lycidas”. A monograph . John Murray, London 1911 ( online ).

literature

• Joseph O. Baylen, Norbert J. Gossman (Eds.): Biographical dictionary of modern British radicals . Volume 3: 1870-1914, Part 2, Harvester Press [etc.], Hassocks 1988, ISBN 0-391-00914-1 .
• William Whyte: Tuckwell, William (1829-1919). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Volume 55: Tonson-Usher. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861405-5 , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2006, accessed September 19, 2012.
• Who Was Who. A Companion To “Who's Who” containing the biographies of those who died during the period 1897–1928 . London 1929.