Daniel Hack Tuke - Family

Family

Tuke came from a long line of Quakers from York who were interested in mental illness and concerned with those afflicted. His great-grandfather William Tuke and his grandfather Henry Tuke co-founded the Retreat, which revolutionized the treatment of insane people.

His father Samuel Tuke carried on the work of the York Retreat and reported on its methods and its results. Daniel's older brother James Hack Tuke was the next overseer of the York Retreat. He was the youngest son of Samuel Tuke and Priscilla Hack, his wife. James Hack Tuke (1819–1896) was his elder brother

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