John Batty Tuke
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1835 – 1913
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Who was John Batty Tuke?
Sir John Batty Tuke was one of the most influential psychiatrists in Scotland in the late nineteenth century and an MP 1900-1910. Tuke’s career in Edinburgh from 1863 to 1910 spanned a period of significant social and political changes in asylum governance and care in Scotland. Tuke’s professional success in public and private practice and his powerful role in several prominent medical societies allowed him to influence his colleagues toward a more physiological understanding of mental illness and its treatment.
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- Born
- Jan 9, 1835
Beverley - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Lived in
- Scotland
- Died
- 1913
Edinburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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