After spending his 20s working overseas, he returned to the United States in 1856, settling in New York City, where he directed the New York Institution for the Blind.
President Andrew Johnson asked Tuckerman in 1867 to be the American minister resident to Greece, because of Tuckerman's experience overseas. The Senate refused initially to confirm Tuckerman's nomination, but he was officially appointed on March 11, 1868, and presented his credentials on June 16, 1868.[2] Tuckerman was the first American diplomat ever posted to Greece. While there, he helped improve trading relations between Greece and the United States. His resignation in 1871 was delayed for six months by President Ulysses S. Grant, who wanted to keep Tuckerman on the job and presented recall on November 4, 1871.[2] Tuckerman returned to the United States after his Greek posting.
Writings
Tuckerman wrote three books:
The Greeks of To-day (published in 1872 by G.P. Putnam & Sons)[3]
Miscellaneous Poems (published in 1880 by Moxon, Saunders and Co.)[4]
Personal Recollections of Notable People at Home and Abroad (published in 1895 in two volumes by Dodd Mead)[5]
Personal life
In 1858, Tuckerman married Mary Fleming. Together they had:
Arthur Lyman Tuckerman (1861–1892),[6] an architect who wrote three books: A Short History of Architecture (1887),[7]Design (1891),[8] and Selections of Works of Architecture and Sculpture Belonging Chiefly to the Period of the Renaissance in Italy (1891).[9]
Tuckerman died in Florence, Italy, on February 26, 1896.[10]
References
^Tuckerman, Frederick Goddard; ed. by N. Scott Momaday (1965). The Complete Poems of Frederick Goddard Tuckerman. New York: Oxford University Press. p. xvii.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Tuckerman, Charles K (1 January 1872). The Greeks of to-day. G.P. Putnam & Sons. OCLC513556.
^Tuckerman, Charles K (1 January 1880). Miscellaneous poems. Moxon, Saunders and Co. OCLC35073039.
^Tuckerman, Charles K (1 January 1895). Personal recollections of notable people at home and abroad. Dodd Mead. OCLC676741.
^Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman (1 January 1891). "Design". New York, W. T. Comstock. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman (1 January 1887). A short history of architecture. C. Scribner's Sons. OCLC2511707.
^Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman (1 January 1891). Design. W.T. Comstock. OCLC1024062.
^Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman (1 January 1891). Selections of works of architecture and sculpture belonging chiefly to the period of the Renaissance in Italy. W.T. Comstock. OCLC63014277.
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