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George Parker Tuxford (ca.1810 – 24 October 1870) of Barnes, London, was a British magazine publisher. Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, the eldest son of John Tuxford, George was a co-proprietor with John Rogerson (c. 1884 – 11 May 1851) of the English agricultural newspaper ''Mark Lane Express'', cofounded by Cuthbert William Johnson (1799–1878), brother of George W. Johnson, and William Shaw and edited by Shaw,〔("Our Founding Fathers" ) Phillip Sheppy, MBE, FRAgS (an essay on Richard Ansdell's painting ''The Meeting of The Royal Agricultural Society, Bristol 1842'')〕 and the ''Farmers' Magazine'' with offices at 246 The Strand. A frequent contributor to these magazines was Henry Hall Dixon (1822–1870), an entertaining writer on country matters. Tuxford and Rogerson also published the ''New Sporting Magazine''. He was also a founder and for many years a director of Farmers' Insurance Office, an early member of the Farmers Club, and a Life Governor of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. ==Family== Tuxford was the eldest brother of the Hon. William Wedd Tuxford (died 28 January 1878), John Lefevre Tuxford (died 29 June 1887) and Walsingham Weston Tuxford (died 2 December 1875), all of whom emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia and achieved a measure of importance in the new colony. His sister Hannah Parker Tuxford married Rev. Joseph Whitehead, of Spilsby, Lincolnshire. 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「George Parker Tuxford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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