TUCKER, Luther, editor, born in Brandon, Vermont, 7 May, 1802; died in Albany, New York, 26 January, 1873. He was apprenticed to the printer's trade when he was fourteen years of age, in Middlebury, Vermont, and followed his employer to Palmyra, New York, in 1817. On the expiration of his service he travelled as a journeyman through the middle and New England states. In 1825 he entered into partnership with Henry C. Sleight in Jamaica, L. I., where they published standard works for New York houses. Later he removed to Rochester, and on 27 October, 1826, issued the initial number of the Rochester "Daily Advertiser," the first daily newspaper published west of Albany. The absence of any suitable agricultural reading early impressed itself on his mind, and on 1 , January, 1831, he established "The Genesee Farmer," which met with considerable success. In 1839 he sold the "Advertiser," which is still continued under the title of the "Rochester Union and Advertiser." Meanwhile he had purchased a farm near Rochester and devoted himself to its cultivation and the management of his paper, but in 1839 he was induced to combine "The Cultivator" of Albany with his journal, and accordingly in 1840 the two in one were issued from Albany as " The Cultivator: a Consolidation of Buel's Cultivator and the Genesee Farmer." In 1853 he established "The Country Gentleman," weekly, with which "The Cultivator" was finally combined in 1866 under the united titles, and it is still published by Mr. Tucker's sons.--His son, Willis Gaylord, educator, born in Albany, New York, 31 October, 1849, was graduated at the Albany academy in 1866, and at Albany medical college in 1870. A year later he became assistant in chemistry at the medical college, and he has since continued his relations with that institution, becoming full professor in 1876, and in 1887 professor of inorganic and analytical chemistry and toxicology. In 1881 he was one of the founders of the Albany college of pharmacy, and became professor of chemistry, in addition to which, since 1883, he has been its president. Besides the foregoing he was professor of chemistry at the Albany academy, the Albany female academy, and the Albany high-school in 1876-'87, and has been lecturer on chemistry at St.. Agnes's school since 1874. He was appointed analyst to the state board of health in 1881, and still holds that office, and he has been registrar of the Albany medical college since 1882, secretary of its alumni association since its organization in 1874, member of the board of governors of Union university, and a member of the state board of medical examiners of the board of regents of the University of the state of New York. The honorary degree of Ph. G. was conferred on him by the Albany college of pharmacy in 1882, and that of Ph.D. by Union in 1882. He is a member of scientific societies, and has contributed largely to scientific journals and proceedings on chemical subjects. He was editor of the "Albany Medical Annals" in 1882-'7.