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Francis Fox Tuckett FRGS (10 February 1834 – 20 June 1913)〔D.W.F., 'Obituary: Francis Fox Tuckett' in ''The Geographical Journal'', Vol. 42, No. 2 (August 1913), pp. 206–207〕 was an English mountaineer. He was vice-president of the Alpine Club from 1866 to 1868, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.〔(Index to 'Proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club' ) at cliftonantiquarian.co.uk, accessed 11 July 2008〕 ==Life and family== Tuckett was born in 1834 at the Old House, Frenchay Common, near Bristol, the eldest child of Francis and Mariana Tuckett.〔(Francis Fox Tuckett ) at frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk, accessed 8 July 2008〕 His father, Francis Tuckett of Frenchay (1802–1868), was a world traveller as well as a leather merchant, horticulturalist, social reformer, philanthropist and Quaker. Himself the son of Philip Debell Tuckett (1749–1816),〔Dates for P. D. Tuckett from ''Milligan's Biographical dictionary of British Quakers in commerce and industry'', p. 444 (NB, there were at least three members of this family called Philip Debell Tuckett.)〕 Francis Tuckett married Mariana Fox (1807–1863), a daughter of Robert Were Fox the Elder (1754–1818) and a member of the notable Fox family of Falmouth, on 29 March 1833.〔(Mariana Tuckett ) at frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk, accessed 11 July 2008〕 Francis Tuckett was in Naples when he died in 1868.〔(Francis Tuckett ) at frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk, accessed 11 July 2008〕 Tuckett's grandfather Robert Were Fox the Elder was a Quaker ship broker and business man in Cornwall,〔Payton, Philip, 'Fox, Robert Were (1754–1818)' in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004)〕 while his uncle Robert Were Fox the Younger (1789–1877) was a geologist and natural philosopher who became a Fellow of the Royal Society.〔Crook, Denise, 'Fox, Robert Were (1789–1877)', in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004)〕〔Collins, John Henry, ''A Catalogue of the Works of Robert Were Fox, F.R.S., with a Sketch of his Life'' (Truro: Lake & Lake, 1878)〕 Francis Fox Tuckett was the eldest of five children, and his parents' only son. His eldest sister Elizabeth Fox Tuckett, born in 1835, died young, and his other sisters were a second Elizabeth Fox (1837), followed by Mariana Fox (1839) and Charlotte Fox (1842).〔 Tuckett entered his father's business as a leather factor and was also a gentleman farmer all of his life, taking two to three months off each year for alpine exploration. In 1882, his business, under the name of 'Tuckett and Rake', was at 18 & 20, Victoria Street, Bristol, and was described as 'Leather, Valonia, and Raw Hide factors'. On 17 January 1896, at the age of 62, Tuckett married Alice Fox while he was in New Zealand.〔 He died in 1913 at his birthplace, the Old House, Frenchay Common, and was buried at the Friends' Meeting House in Frenchay.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Fox Tuckett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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