Background
Tuck, Edward was born in 1842 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Amos Tuck.
Tuck, Edward was born in 1842 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Amos Tuck.
Born in Exeter, New Hampshire to political figure Amos Tuck, he was educated at Dartmouth College.
Tuck donated $500,000 to Dartmouth to endow the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance, in memory of his father. His gifts to Dartmouth were estimated at $6 million. He donated funds to the New Hampshire Historical Society to build its New Hampshire History Building housing the Tuck Library.
From 1890, he lived in France, first as a diplomat, then as an expatriate, where he donated an art collection valued at $5 million, and funds for hospitals and other institutions.
Tuck died in Monte Carlo, Monaco. In Paris, Avenue Edward Tuck runs a short distance between the Petite Palais and the Place de la Concorde, parallel to the Avenue des Champs Élysées.
Tuck became a member of the banking firm Munroe & Company in 1871. Other members of the Tuck family include Edward Hallam Tuck (1927–2002) who was awarded the prestigious Legion of Honor, and was President of the French American Foundation, and the actress Jessica Tuck.
Married Julia Stell (Officier Chevalier de la Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’Honneur’Honneur 1921), 1872.