About Alfred Tucker
Lived 1849 – 1914 (aged 64–65). Alfred Tucker was an Ugandan and British anglican priest and bishop.
Alfred Robert Tucker (1 April 1849–1914) was the Anglican Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa (covering the contemporary countries of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania), from 1890 to 1899, and Bishop of Uganda from 1899 to 1908.
Early life Tucker was born on 1 April 1849 in Woolwich, Kent, England. His parents, Edward Tucker (1816/17–1898) and Julia Mary Tucker ( Fuller; 1828–1912), were both artists. That year, he became the Bishop of Uganda until 1908. In 2004, the university's theology faculty was named "The Bishop Tucker School of Divinity and Theology."
Publications
Tucker, Alfred. Eighteen Years in Uganda and East Africa. London: Edward Arnold (1908).
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Who was Alfred Tucker?
Anglican bishop
When was Alfred Tucker born?
Alfred Tucker was born in 1849.
When did Alfred Tucker die?
Alfred Tucker died in 1914 in Durham.
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Alfred Tucker was an anglican priest and bishop.
What nationality was Alfred Tucker?
Alfred Tucker was Ugandan and British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Alfred Tucker. https://biography.guide/alfred-tucker/
MLA: "Alfred Tucker." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/alfred-tucker/.
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