Ellen Tuckey Explained

Ellen Marguerite Tuckey
Birth Name:Ellen Tuckey
Birth Date:4 February 1884
Birth Place:Dublin
Death Date:22 May 1939
Death Place:Dublin
Nationality:Irish
Alma Mater:Trinity College Dublin

Ellen Marguerite Tuckey (1884–1939) was one of the first three women to enter Trinity College, Dublin in 1904 with Avarina Shegog after Marion Johnston.

Biography

Ellen, or Elsie as she was also known, was born on the 4 February 1884 to Ellen Elizabeth Orpen and Davys Tuckey, barrister-at-law, and Assistant Land Commissioner in Dublin city. She had two brothers, Charles Orpen Tuckey and Arthur Davys Tuckey.[1] [2] [3] She was educated in Trinity College Dublin, joining Marion Johnston in the summer term in 1904.[4] [5] She graduated with a B.A., Senior Moderator in Literature, in 1907.[6] She went on to gain the teaching diploma and spent time studying in Bryn Mawr College in the United States.[7] Tuckey taught for several years in both India and Canada before returning to Dublin to become Head Mistress of the Masonic Female Orphan School of Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin.[8] [9]

She died unexpectedly aged 56 on 22 May 1939.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THE ORPEN FAMILY. GODDARD HENRY ORPEN.
  2. Web site: Irish Genealogy . civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie . en.
  3. Web site: National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911 . census.nationalarchives.ie . en.
  4. Book: E. Lisa Panayotidis. Paul Stortz. Women in Higher Education, 1850-1970: International Perspectives. 19 September 2017. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-134-45824-0. 420–.
  5. Web site: Trinity College (Dublin . Ireland) . Calendar . Dublin.
  6. Web site: Trinity College (Dublin . Ireland) . Calendar . Dublin.
  7. Web site: Bryn Mawr Alumnae Quarterly, 1911-1913 . Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association . English . 1911.
  8. Book: Judith Harford. Claire Rush. Have Women Made a Difference?: Women in Irish Universities, 1850-2010. 2010. Peter Lang. 978-3-0343-0116-9. 61–.
  9. Web site: Thom's Directories 1934 .
  10. Web site: Irish Genealogy . civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie . en.