Joseph Wallace | |
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Born |
c. 1821 Ireland |
Died | 29 April 1910
London, England | (aged 88–89)
Known for | Activism for vegetarianism, food reform and against vaccination |
Spouse | |
Children | 7 |
Joseph Wallace (born c. 1821 – 29 April 1910) was a British-Irish activist for vegetarianism, food reform and against vaccination.
Wallace originally worked in the business of malting and distilling. [1] He was the creator of the "Wallace system", a method for the cure and eradication of disease. [1] [2] The system included a vegetarian diet, free from fermented foods; its followers were known as "Wallaceites". [3] Wallace patented, prepared and sold several medicines, while also providing consultations. [4]
In 1878 he married Chandos Leigh Hunt, [5] his former patient and pupil. [6] In 1885, with his wife, he co-wrote Physianthropy: Or, the Home Cure and Eradication of Disease, writing under the pseudonym "Lex et Lux". [2] In October 1905, a meeting was held at Congregational Memorial Hall, London, for octogenarian vegetarians; those in attendance included Wallace (then aged 84), C. P. Newcombe, John E. B. Mayor and Isaac Pitman. [7]
Wallace and his wife were included in Charles W. Forward's Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England (1898). [1]
Wallace died in London on 29 April 1910. [8]
Rollo Russell cited Wallace's dietary recommendations in the "Medical Testimony" section of his 1906 book Strength and Diet. [9] C. P. Newcombe's The Manifesto of Vegetarianism (1911) contains a memorial dedication to Wallace. [10]
Joseph Wallace | |
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Born |
c. 1821 Ireland |
Died | 29 April 1910
London, England | (aged 88–89)
Known for | Activism for vegetarianism, food reform and against vaccination |
Spouse | |
Children | 7 |
Joseph Wallace (born c. 1821 – 29 April 1910) was a British-Irish activist for vegetarianism, food reform and against vaccination.
Wallace originally worked in the business of malting and distilling. [1] He was the creator of the "Wallace system", a method for the cure and eradication of disease. [1] [2] The system included a vegetarian diet, free from fermented foods; its followers were known as "Wallaceites". [3] Wallace patented, prepared and sold several medicines, while also providing consultations. [4]
In 1878 he married Chandos Leigh Hunt, [5] his former patient and pupil. [6] In 1885, with his wife, he co-wrote Physianthropy: Or, the Home Cure and Eradication of Disease, writing under the pseudonym "Lex et Lux". [2] In October 1905, a meeting was held at Congregational Memorial Hall, London, for octogenarian vegetarians; those in attendance included Wallace (then aged 84), C. P. Newcombe, John E. B. Mayor and Isaac Pitman. [7]
Wallace and his wife were included in Charles W. Forward's Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England (1898). [1]
Wallace died in London on 29 April 1910. [8]
Rollo Russell cited Wallace's dietary recommendations in the "Medical Testimony" section of his 1906 book Strength and Diet. [9] C. P. Newcombe's The Manifesto of Vegetarianism (1911) contains a memorial dedication to Wallace. [10]