Henry Tuke (24 March 1755 – 11 August 1814) co-founded with his father,
William Tuke
William Tuke (24 March 1732 – 6 December 1822), an English tradesman, philanthropist and Quaker, earned fame for promoting more humane custody and care for people with mental disorders, using what he called gentler methods that came to be ...
,
the Retreat
The Retreat, commonly known as the York Retreat, is a place in England for the treatment of people with mental health needs. Located in Lamel Hill in York, it operates as a not for profit charitable organisation.
Opened in 1796, it is famous ...
asylum in
York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
, England, a humane alternative to the nineteenth-century network of asyla, based on
Quaker principles.
[Burial: "England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841"]
Reference: RG6/882
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Henry Tuke burial (died on 11 Aug 1814 at age 59) on 16 Aug 1814 in York, Yorkshire, England.
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 African Institution was founded in 1807 after British abolitionists succeeded in ending the slave trade based in the United Kingdom. The Institution was formed to succeed where the former Sierra Leone Company had failed—to create a viabl ...
, the body which set out to create a viable, civilized refuge for freed slaves in
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...
,
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
Historic ship
The 1824 ship ''Henry Tuke'', 365 tons, was built by
Thatcher Magoun in
Medford, MA, and owned by
Daniel Pinckney Parker
Daniel Pinckney Parker (1781-1850) was a prominent merchant, shipbuilder, and businessman in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.
Biography
Daniel Pinckney Parker was born on August 30, 1781, in Southborough, Massachusetts, to Benjamin and Abigail ...
and John Chandler, Jr. It was a whaler in
Warren
A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval A ...
, RI in 1846.
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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 ...
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English Quakers
English humanitarians
Penal system in England
English non-fiction writers
1755 births
1814 deaths
Henry
Henry may refer to:
People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
Whaling ships
Ships built in Medford, Massachusetts
English male non-fiction writers
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