Ivor Lloyd Tuckett
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Ivor Lloyd Tuckett | |
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| Born | 1 February 1873 |
| Died | 28 November 1942 (aged 69) |
| Occupation(s) | Physiologist, skeptic |
Ivor Lloyd Tuckett (1 February 1873 – 28 November 1942) was a British professor of physiology, physician, and skeptic.
Tuckett was born at Cleveland Gardens, London. He studied natural science and physiology at Trinity College, Cambridge between 1890 and 1894, where he was awarded the degrees of BA (1893-4), MA (1897), and MD (1910). He was a physician at University College Hospital and was made a Fellow of University College London.[1]
Tuckett worked as an ophthalmologist in Norwich and on the Isle of Wight. He held an interest in yacht racing. From 1896 to 1910 Tuckett was an active researcher and published many papers in the Journal of Physiology. He wrote an important paper on the structure of non-meduallated nerve fibres. He was elected a member of The Physiological Society in 1896.[2]
He married Anna Marie Christine Wickman on 6 April 1899.[3]
