William Tuckwell

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

Life and work

William Tuckwell was the eldest son of his father's eponymous William Tuckwell (1784-1845) and his wife Margaret (nee Wood, 1803/04-1842 ). His father was an eminent physician at the Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Tuckwell first attended a private preparatory school in Hammersmith and started in 1842 a successful education at Winchester College. In 1848 he moved to New College, Oxford. There he made in 1852 with a degree in Literae Humaniores. From 1853 to 1854 Tuckwell worked as a teacher at St. Columba 's College, Rathfarnham in Dublin. Later he was ordained and became curate of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford. From 1857 to 1864 headed the Tuckwell 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 one son and three daughters, including the trade unionist and social reformer Gertrude Mary Tuckwell ( 1861-1951 ).

1864 moved Tuckwell as conductor at the Grammar School in Taunton, Taunton later Collegiate School. With the support of Henry de Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton he built new buildings and reformed the curriculum, in which he recorded the teaching of natural sciences. Eleven years later, the number of taught students had increased more than fivefold. His decision to include also non-conformists and Catholics alongside Anglicans, met with increasing criticism, so that in 1877 he resigned from his post. Short term he was then head home at the Blundell 's School in Tiverton.

Tuckwell 1878 from New College was awarded the Vikarie of Stockton in Warwickshire. Under the influence of writings such as Henry George's Progress and Poverty and Alfred Russel Wallace's Country Nationalization and the oppressive poverty in his community, he became a public figure. Starting with an address for the local Liberal Association in 1884, he held in the following years, numerous public speeches, including at the annual meeting of the National Liberal Federation. 1886 Tuckwell told his parishioners country into plots for residents of the community. In numerous writings he campaigned for the nationalization of land, universal suffrage, self-management and broad reforms, which he described as Christian Socialism.

1893 Tuckewell was rector of the town of Waltham in Lincolnshire. He withdrew from party politics and began to write his memoirs: 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 representations about Alexander William Kinglake (1902 ), Geoffrey Chaucer (1904 ), Horace (1906 ) and Herbert Spencer ( 1906). 1905 Tuckwell retired to the estate of his brother Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet ( 1843-1911 ) Pyrford Rough.

Writings (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).
• A. W. Kinglake. A biographical and literary study. George Bell & Sons, London 1902 ( onilne ).
• 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).