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George Tucker (August 20, 1775 – April 10, 1861) was an American attorney, politician, author and educator. His literary works include the first fiction of colonial life in Virginia and a second which is among the nation's earliest science fictions. Tucker also published the first comprehensive biography of Thomas Jefferson, as well as a history of the United States. He immigrated to Virginia from his native Bermuda at age 20, was educated at the College of William and Mary and admitted to the bar. His first marriage ended with the death of his childless wife Mary Farley; he remarried and had children with wife Maria Carter, who died at age 38. His third wife, of 30 years, was Louisa Thompson. Aside from his law practice, he made time to write distinctive monologues for various publications. He was elected in 1816 to the Virginia House of Delegates for one term, and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1819 to 1825. From Tucker's youth until early middle age, his lofty social lifestyle was often profligate, and briefly became scandalous. Nevertheless, upon completion of his congressional term, his eloquent publications led Thomas Jefferson to extend to him an appointment to serve as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the newly founded University of Virginia; he accepted and held that post until 1845. Upon retirement, he relocated to Philadelphia and continued to research, and expound upon, a variety of subjects, including monetary policy and socio-economics until his death in Virginia at the age of eighty-six. ==Family and early life in Bermuda== Tucker was born in Bermuda on St. George's Island, the second son of Daniel and Elizabeth Tucker, who were distant cousins. Daniel and his brothers established a mercantile partnership with a fleet of vessels shipping goods to America, Newfoundland and the West Indies. Daniel was also a founder and first Mayor of the port of Hamilton, Bermuda.〔Feiser, p. vii.〕 George Tucker was educated in Bermuda primarily by a tutor engaged from Great Britain. Reading included ''Tom Jones'', ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' and ''Arabian Nights''. At age fifteen he helped form a literary club, The Calliopean Society; a club by this name was later formed at Yale.〔McLean, pp.3-4.〕 Tucker also received some instruction at that time from Josiah Meigs (who later became a professor at Yale.) A year later he began to read the law under George Bascomb. At Bascomb's death, the firm's clients urged Tucker to assume their representation, but being quite unqualified, he declined, deciding to begin plans for a career in America.〔McLean, pp.3-4.〕 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 Tucker (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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