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Somerville Pinkney Tuck

Somerville P. Tuck

Maryland attorney, linguist and scholar from a historically prominent Annapolis family.

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Instance Of

Human

Sex or Gender

Male

Given Name

Somerville

Occupation

Lawyer
(1871 - )
Start Time
: 1871
Judge

Date of Birth

9/24/1848

Place of Birth

Annapolis

Date of Death

4/14/1923

Place of Death

Menton

Place of Burial

Upper Marlboro

Educated At

St. John's College
University of Virginia
( - 1869)
End Time
: 1869

Employer

Texas and Pacific Railway
(1873 - 1879)
Subject Has Role
:
Lawyer
Start Time
: 1873
End Time
: 1879
Alabama
(1882 - 1885)
Subject Has Role
:
Commissioner
Subject Has Role
:
Claims Adjuster
Start Time
: 1882
End Time
: 1885
Alabama
(1885 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Special Agent
Start Time
: 1885

Award Received

Honorary Degree
Conferred By
:
St. John's College
Award Rationale
: For his work performed on the French Spoliation claims. He secured evidence of the capture and condemnation of over 1,500 vessels, and his reports were printed by order of Congress.
Academic Degree
:
Master of Arts
Announcement Date
: 1885
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Conferred By
:
Legion of Honour
Award Rationale
: For services rendered to the Paris Exposition of 1889. He was a member of the International Jury for Social Economy, Vice-President of the Jury of Group II, (Education, Instruction and Liberal Arts), and member of the Superior Jury of 80, and the sub-commission of 25 who revised the 30,000 awards of the Exposition.

Position Held

Deputy
(1888 - 1890)
Subject Has Role
:
Commissioner
Appointed By
:
Grover Cleveland
Affiliation
:
World's Columbian Exposition
Start Time
: 1888
End Time
: 1890
Adviser
(1893 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Executive Committee
Affiliation
:
World's Columbian Exposition
Start Time
: 1893
Judge of the Mixed Courts of Egypt
(1890s - 1920)
Start Time
: 1890s
End Time
: 1920

Member Of

Society of the Cincinnati
Metropolitan Club
Richmond County Country Club

Member of Political Party

Democratic Party

Archives At

University of Maryland Libraries

Father

William Hallam Tuck

Sibling

Philemon Hallam Tuck

Child

William Hallam Tuck
Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr.
Carola Marshall Tuck

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Country of Citizenship

United States
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