Thomas Holliday Barker | |
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Born | 6 July 1818
Peterborough, England |
Died | 26 June 1889
Fallowfield, England | (aged 70)
Occupation(s) | Temperance and vegetarianism advocate |
Spouse |
Millicent Bates (
m. 1844) |
Children | 4 |
Thomas Holliday Barker (6 July 1818 – 26 June 1889) was an English temperance and vegetarianism advocate.
Thomas Holliday Barker was born in Peterborough on 6 July 1818. [1] [2] [3] As a young man he was employed as a clerk for a wine merchant. He worked for Wood & Westhead warehousemen in Manchester from 1844 to 1851. [4] Then he became an accountant and commission agent at an office on Princess Street, Manchester. [3] [4] He suffered from poor health and became teetotal. [3] In 1837, he signed an abstinence pledge and became secretary of the Spalding Temperance Society. [2]
In 1843, he refused to drink the fermented wine at Wesleyan chapel in Lincoln. This caused controversy and he was disciplined by the church so severed his connection with them. [2] He appealed for support from Frederic Richard Lees. [3] Barker was a founding member of the United Kingdom Alliance (UKA) and its secretary from 1853 to 1883. [3] He was paid £500 a year and became a well known temperance leader in Britain. [3] He married Millicent Bates in 1844, they had four sons. [3]
Barker communicated with American temperance advocates such as Edward C. Delavan and Neal Dow. [3] He was a founder of the Union and Emancipation Society. Barker was a vegetarian. In the 1850s, he served in the committee of the Manchester and Salford Vegetarian Association. He authored the vegetarian book, Thoughts, Facts and Hints on Human Dietetics. [3] He was influential in converting Francis William Newman to vegetarianism. [3] Barker was an early member of the Vegetarian Society. [5]
Barker died in Fallowfield on 26 June 1889. [4]
Thomas Holliday Barker | |
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Born | 6 July 1818
Peterborough, England |
Died | 26 June 1889
Fallowfield, England | (aged 70)
Occupation(s) | Temperance and vegetarianism advocate |
Spouse |
Millicent Bates (
m. 1844) |
Children | 4 |
Thomas Holliday Barker (6 July 1818 – 26 June 1889) was an English temperance and vegetarianism advocate.
Thomas Holliday Barker was born in Peterborough on 6 July 1818. [1] [2] [3] As a young man he was employed as a clerk for a wine merchant. He worked for Wood & Westhead warehousemen in Manchester from 1844 to 1851. [4] Then he became an accountant and commission agent at an office on Princess Street, Manchester. [3] [4] He suffered from poor health and became teetotal. [3] In 1837, he signed an abstinence pledge and became secretary of the Spalding Temperance Society. [2]
In 1843, he refused to drink the fermented wine at Wesleyan chapel in Lincoln. This caused controversy and he was disciplined by the church so severed his connection with them. [2] He appealed for support from Frederic Richard Lees. [3] Barker was a founding member of the United Kingdom Alliance (UKA) and its secretary from 1853 to 1883. [3] He was paid £500 a year and became a well known temperance leader in Britain. [3] He married Millicent Bates in 1844, they had four sons. [3]
Barker communicated with American temperance advocates such as Edward C. Delavan and Neal Dow. [3] He was a founder of the Union and Emancipation Society. Barker was a vegetarian. In the 1850s, he served in the committee of the Manchester and Salford Vegetarian Association. He authored the vegetarian book, Thoughts, Facts and Hints on Human Dietetics. [3] He was influential in converting Francis William Newman to vegetarianism. [3] Barker was an early member of the Vegetarian Society. [5]
Barker died in Fallowfield on 26 June 1889. [4]