Tucker, George, 1775-1861

LC control no.	n 50012634
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Tucker, George, 1775-1861 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Atterley, Joseph, 1775-1861
Birth date	1775-08-20
Death date	1861-04-10
Place of birth	Bermuda
Place of death	Albemarle County (Va.)
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Legislators (State government) Novelists Representatives, U.S. Congress Teachers
Found in	His Progress of the United States in population and wealth, 1855: t.p. (George Tucker, late professor of moral philosophy in the University of Virginia, and formerly representative in Congress from the same state) His The Valley of the Shenandoah, 1824 (name not given) His A voyage to the moon, 1827: t.p. (Joseph Atterley) DAB (Tucker, George; political economist and author; b. 8/20/1775; d. 4/10/1861) Encyclopedia of Virginia, via WWW, Sept. 23, 2021 (Tucker, George, 1775-1861; lawyer; philosopher; economist; historian; novelist; politician; teacher; grad. College of William and Mary, 1797; representative, Va. House of Delegates, 1815-1816; representative, U.S. House, 1819-1825; faculty member of University of Virginia in Charlottesville; author of: The Valley of the Shenandoah, 1824; two science fiction novels, including A voyage to the moon, 1827; a biography of Thomas Jefferson, 1837, a 4-vol. history of the United States, and numerous essays; b. in Bermuda, Aug. 20, 1775; d. Apr. 10, 1861, Albemarle County, Va.)
Associated language	eng