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Adolph Tuck

1854 – 1926

British businessman

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About Adolph Tuck

Lived 1854 – 1926 (aged 72). Adolph Tuck was a businessperson.

Sir Adolph Tuck, 1st Baronet (30 January 1854–3 July 1926), was a Prussian-British fine art publisher and chairman of Raphael Tuck & Sons. He was created a baronet in 1910. It was due to the efforts of Adolph Tuck that the size of the postcard in England was increased to the size allowed by the Universal Postal Union.

Early life Tuck was born in Prussia on 30 January 1854, the second son of Raphael Tuck, and was educated at Elizabeth's Gymnasium in Breslau. The family moved to London in 1864, as refugees from the Second Schleswig War. They were Jewish.

Raphael Tuck & Sons At the age of fifteen, Tuck joined his father's business, Raphael Tuck & Sons art publishers. By 1879 Tuck had started a series of Christmas card design exhibitions at the Dudley Gallery, but the company was best known as the first to introduce the picture postcard to the British Empire. Their youngest daughter, Muriel, married Leonard Goldsmid-Montefiore in 1924.

Tuck died at his London home at 29 Park Crescent, Portland Place, on 3 July 1926, when his eldest son Major William Reginald Tuck inherited the baronetcy.

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Sir Adoph Tuck, 1st Bt.

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Who was Adolph Tuck?

British businessman (1854–1926)

When was Adolph Tuck born?

Adolph Tuck was born on 30 January 1854.

When did Adolph Tuck die?

Adolph Tuck died on 3 July 1926 in London.

What was Adolph Tuck's occupation?

Adolph Tuck was a businessperson.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Adolph Tuck

· Wikidata: Q4684398

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