Thomas Harrington Tuke

Fellow

Date of Fellowship admission: 26/August/1858

Thomas Harrington Tuke was born in 1826, the son of Edward Francis Tuke MD (c.1776-1846). He studied at St George's Hospital and also in Edinburgh and Paris, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1847, and received his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1849. In 1846 he took charge of The Manor House, Chiswick, a private asylum founded by his father. He served as honorary secretary (1864-1872) and president (1873) of the Medico-Psychological Association and was an honorary member of several European colleges. He married Sophia Jane Connolly in 1852 and died in 1888.

Year of medical qualification

2/August/1849

Fellowship
The main qualification issued by the College, awarded regularly since the College’s foundation. This qualification was granted based on demonstrated breadth of experience and did not require an individual to pass a certain examination.