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Ellen Marguerite Tuckey (1884–1939) was one of the first three women to enter
She graduated with a B.A., Senior Moderator in Literature, in 1907. She went on to gain the teaching diploma and spent time studying in
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
in 1904 with Avarina Shegog after Marion Johnston.
Biography
Ellen, or Elsie as she was also known, was born on the 4 February 1884 to Ellen Elizabeth Orpen and Davys Tuckey, barrister-at-law, and Assistant Land Commissioner inDublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
city. She had two brothers, Charles Orpen Tuckey and Arthur Davys Tuckey. She was educated in Trinity College Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
, joining Marion Johnston in the summer term in 1904.
She graduated with a B.A., Senior Moderator in Literature, in 1907. She went on to gain the teaching diploma and spent time studying in Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United St ...
in the United States
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. Tuckey taught for several years in both India
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and Canada
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before returning to Dublin to become Head Mistress of the Masonic Female Orphan School of Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin.
She died unexpectedly aged 56 on 22 May 1939.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuckey, Ellen People from Ballsbridge Irish women's rights activists Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 1884 births 1939 deaths Irish women academics