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 field of Transatlantic History. I completed my Ph.D. in spring 2011.[1][2] In late 2010, the Texas Tech University Press accepted my revised master’s thesis for publication in 2012, tentatively titled Oysters, Macaroni, and Beer: Workers and the Company Store in Thurber, Texas.
I am interested in all aspects of history, but my favorite "just for fun" subjects are the Bible, biblical chronology (particularly the New Chronology of David Rohl), and ancient history because I grew up in a household that appreciated both history and the Bible. On the scholarly front, I've written about Thurber, Texas, La Salle 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 syncretization (or creolization) of toponyms in the New World, particularly the mixture of European and Amerindian names in maps of the Spanish Empire.
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), strumming 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.
Real Name: Gene Rhea Tucker
Location: Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
Hometown: Killeen, Bell County, Texas
Occupation: Historian, Adjunct Professor
Curriculum Vitæ: Curriculum Vitæ of GRT; Wikipedia Curriculum Vitæ of GRT
Website: Gene Rhea Tucker at UTA
UTA Profile System: Gene Rhea Tucker on UTA's Profile System
Google Scholar Citations Profile: Gene Rhea Tucker's Citations
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[edit] Some favorite music
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- Bands and Artists: Aerosmith, Allman Brothers Band, The Animals, Louis Armstrong, Asleep at the Wheel, The Band, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, The Black Crowes, The Blues Brothers, Jason Boland, James Brown, Buckcherry, Jimmy Buffet, Johnny Bush, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Rodney Crowell, Charlie Daniels, Gavin DeGraw, DJ Screw, Fats Domino, The Doors, Dr. Dre, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Eminem, The Faces, Kevin Fowler, Lefty Frizzell, Mickey Gilley, The Grateful Dead, Guns N' Roses, Merle Haggard, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Alan Jackson, Waylon Jennings, B. B. King, The Kinks, Lenny Kravitz, Kris Kristofferson, Stoney LaRue, Chris LeDoux, Led Zeppelin, Lil' Keke, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Marley, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Willie Nelson, Nirvana, Ted Nugent, Gary P. Nunn, Oasis, Old 97's, Roy Orbison, Buck Owens, Gram Parsons, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, Ray Price, Louis Prima, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jerry Reed, Charlie Rich, Marty Robbins, Johnny Rodriguez, Randy Rogers Band, The Rolling Stones, John Schneider, Bob Seger, Shakira, Frank Sinatra, Ricky Skaggs, Snoop Dogg, Bruce Springsteen, Gary Stewart, early Rod Stewart, George Strait, Sublime, Doug Supernaw, George Thorogood, Ernest Tubb, UGK, Townes Van Zandt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gene Watson, Weezer, The Who, Don Williams, Hiram Hank Williams, Randall Hank Williams, Shelton Hank Williams, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Dwight Yoakam, ZZ Top
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- Adherance: An Evangelical Christian, I grew up a Southern Baptist, but I now believe I should say I am a Free Will Baptist and Arminian in the mold of Arminius and Episcopius, not Limborch or Wesley. As an old school Baptist I believe stridently in individual soul liberty and the separation of church and state.
- I think that F. Leroy Forlines, Robert Picirilli, Stephen Ashby, and J. Matthew Pinson are some of the best theologians out there today.
- I lean towards the mystics in my direct relationship with God, and thus my beliefs, depending on my mood, may be informed by the Kabbalah, Christian Kabbalah, Messianic Judaism, Gnosticism, Hermetica, Reincarnation, and even some Sufism.
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- Chosen sort of at random: Animal House, Blazing Saddles, The Blues Brothers, The Body, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, The Exorcist, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lawrence of Arabia, Major League, Moby Dick, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Patton, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rio Bravo, Shenandoah, Spaceballs, The 300 Spartans, Touch of Evil, The Wrath of Khan, Young Frankenstein, Zulu
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- Fiction: Herman Melville, Jorge Luis Borges, Oscar Wilde, Umberto Eco, Arthur Conan Doyle, Laurence Sterne
- Poetry: Charles Baudelaire, Rumi (yes, even via Coleman Barks), Robert Frost, Roy Campbell, W. B. Yeats, Jim Morrison (really!)
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- The Andy Griffith Show, The Big Bang Theory , Blackadder, Cheers, Community, Family Guy, Fawlty Towers, Frasier, Futurama, The Honeymooners, Monty Python's Flying Circus, NewsRadio, Psych, Seinfeld, The Simpsons
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Princess Fawzia, center, as Queen of Iran, at the Cairo Airport, 1940s.
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Young Lady Randolph Churchill.
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Rita Hayworth from the trailer for the film Blood and Sand.
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Lady Hamilton as Circe by George Romney.
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