Henry Tuke

For his great-grandson, the painter, see Henry Scott Tuke.

Henry Tuke (24 March 1755 – 11 August 1814) co-founded with his father, William Tuke, the Retreat asylum in York, England, a humane alternative to the nineteenth-century network of asyla, based on Quaker principles.[1][2]

He was the author of several moral and theological treatises which have been translated into German and French.

He was a subscriber to the African Institution, the body which set out to create a viable, civilized refuge for freed slaves in Sierra Leone, Africa.[3]

Historic ship

The 1824 ship Henry Tuke, 365 tons, was built by Thatcher Magoun in Medford, MA, and owned by Daniel Pinckney Parker and John Chandler, Jr. It was a whaler in Warren, RI in 1846.[4]

See also

• Tuke family

References

1. Birth: "England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841"
   Reference: RG6/1120
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 29 October 2022)
   Henry Tuke born 24 Mar 1755, son of William & Elizabeth, in York, Yorkshire, England.
2. Burial: "England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841"
   Reference: RG6/882
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 29 October 2022)
   Henry Tuke burial (died on 11 Aug 1814 at age 59) on 16 Aug 1814 in York, Yorkshire, England.
3. Sixth Report of the Committee of the African Institution. London: African Institution. 1812.
4. Gleason, Hall (1937). Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford. Medford, MA: J.C. Miller. p. 57.