User:Tuckerresearch

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TuckerResearch is from the e-mail address I chose to receive all my genealogy related material back in high school, and it sort of evolved into my screen name of choice for all scholarly topics.

I am originally from Killeen, Texas, and earned a Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in History from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. In the fall of 2006, I started work on my Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Arlington, in the novel and exciting field of Transatlantic History. I am now what they call A.B.D. or "All But Dissertation."

Some Interests

This user is male.

Never ask a user where he's from.
If he's from Texas, he'll tell you.
If not, don't embarrass him.

This user is a Sagittarius.

This user is a university student.

This user is self-educated to an advanced college level.

This user is a bibliophile.

This user is a historian.

This user is an academic.

BA	This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree.

MA	This user has a Master of Arts degree.

This user teaches at a university or other institution of higher education.

HIS

This user's favourite subject is History.

This user is interested in history research.

This user is interested in ancient civilizations.

This user is interested in
ancient Israel.

This user is interested in ancient Egypt.

This user is interested in ancient Rome.

This user is interested in the Byzantine Empire

This user is interested in the Middle Ages.

This user is interested in the Renaissance period.

1688	This user is interested in Whig history.

This user is interested in the British Empire.

This user is interested in the Victorian period.

This user is interested in World War I and World War II.

This user is interested in his or her family history.

This user is interested in maps.

This user enjoys reading non-fiction.

This user enjoys reading poetry.

This user enjoys writing.

This user has published a book.

POEM

This user has had one of his/her poems published.

This user believes in God.

This user is interested in Theism.

The user is a Free Will Baptist.

This user is a Christian Kabbalist.

This user is interested in Judaism.

This user opposes atheism on the basis that a lack of theism promotes immorality or is otherwise harmful.

This user is interested in ghosts.

This user is interested in religion.

This user is interested in religion as a metaphysical or theological phenomenon.

This user is interested in religion as an anthropological and historical phenomenon.

This user enjoys philosophy.

This user is interested in politics.

This user believes in the separation of church and state.

PC-0

I am politically incorrect. Hence, I will use common sense and speak plainly rather than trip all over myself trying to be inoffensive.

This user supports the free and independent state of Israel.

This user thinks the EU is a stupid idea

This user supports the independence of Taiwan and a Republic of Taiwan.

This user supports the independence of Montenegro.

ft-lb

This user uses American Measurements.

SI = 666

The metric system is the work of the Devil!

This user enjoys cigars.

This user smokes
a tobacco pipe.

This user plays baseball.

SARC

This user believes sarcasm is the highest form of wit.

I would say I'm a cynic but I bet you just wouldn't believe me.

This user is a smartass; known for frequently making bad jokes, smartalec comments and having bad pickup lines and is proud of it!

This user enjoys indiscriminate pillaging.

This user has ancestors who fought on both sides of the Civil War.

A, B, and C

This user prefers the serial comma.

. The

This user puts two spaces after a full stop.

This user is interested in hunting.

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	This user supports fox hunting and hereditary peers.

This user enjoys skygazing and astronomy.

This user likes Sherlock Holmes

This user enjoys watching the weather.

FG	This user thinks Family Guy is freakin' sweet.

Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama!

d'oh!

This user thinks The Simpsons is simply...excellent.

Frasier

Hello caller, this user is a fan of Frasier. I'm listening...

FLOWERY TWATS

This user has stayed at Fawlty Towers.

This user is a fan of Monty Python.

This user is a fan of Blackadder.

This user demands you Respect my authoritah!

CIV	This user plays one or more versions of Civilization.

This user plays Risk.

^* This user needs more cowbell.

I am interested in all aspects of history, but my favorite "just for fun" subjects are the Bible, chronology, and ancient history because I grew up in a Southern Baptist milieu, although after some consideration and study, I would have to say that I am now a Free Will Baptist. On the scholarly front, I've written about Thurber, Texas, and I am currently interested in the history of cartography, especially maps of the early Spanish Empire and mapmakers like Vincenzo Coronelli. I am currently working on the creolization of toponyms in the New World, particularly the mixture of European and Amerindian names in maps of the Spanish and British empires.

But, my historical interests are wide and deep. I also enjoy American politics and have an odd, cursory fascination with British politics, probably because of its historical interest and my admiration for the British Empire. I also have odd and paradoxical interests in Christian theology (particularly Arminianism and soteriology) and hermetica, i.e. the "occult" (particularly the Kabbalah and Christian mysticism). I also enjoy listening to varied types of music (especially those with roots in the American South and Texas), writing songs on my guitar, and poetry. I am also an incurable bibliophile, and, because I am conceited and cocky, I consider myself a polyhistor. But then again, I am arrogant.