| AdminHistory | Born Germany, 3rd son of Raphael Tuck, art publisher, and his wife Ernestine Lissner, 1856; the family moved to London before 1866; educated privately in London; married Esther Lyon, 1884; three daughters; Chairman and Managing Director of Raphael Tuck and Sons, art and book publishers, 1926-1937; one of the Founders of the Stoke Newington Synagogue, 1904; President, Jewish Historical Society of England, 1929-1934, Treasurer from 1905; Warden, St John's Wood Synagogue from 1916; Member, Mocatta Library and Museum Committee, University College London, funded the reconstruction of the library and museum and the Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, 1932; Elder of the United Synagogue; Member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; President and Treasurer, Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor; Vice-President, Jewish Lads' Brigade; Manager, Jews' Infant Schools; committee member, Home and Hospital for Jewish Incurables; committee member, Central British Fund for German Jewry; died 1942. |