C. P. Newcombe

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C. P. Newcombe
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Born
Cornelius Prout Newcombe

(1825-09-05)5 September 1825
St Luke's, London, England
Died30 July 1913(1913-07-30) (aged 87)
Tonbridge, Kent, England
OccupationVegetarianism and temperance activist, schoolmaster
Family
  • Samuel Prout (uncle)
  • Bertha Newcombe (niece)
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Cornelius Prout Newcombe (5 September 1825 – 30 July 1913)[2] was an English vegetarianism and temperance activist, and a schoolmaster. He was also an early proponent of veganism.

Biography[]

Newcombe was born in St Luke's, London, in 1825, the son of a butcher. He married Caroline Tunnicliff in 1835, in Coventry; they had four children. He formed a partnership with Griffiths, Newcombe, & Co., in the early 1850s, a company of insurance brokers and ship builders. The company collapsed in 1854 and Newcombe became a schoolmaster. He remarried in 1858, this time to Mary Kirk. In 1868, he founded the Alexandra Park College, in Hornsey.[3] Later in his teaching career, Newcombe moved to New Zealand, where he worked as the head of various schools. In 1895, he returned to England, where he continued to work as a headteacher.[1]

In 1911, Newcombe published The Manifesto of Vegetarianism, which was dedicated to John E. B. Mayor, Joseph Wallace and Albert Broadbent.[4] Newcombe was the editor of The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, the Vegetarian Society's journal. In 1912, Newcombe wrote in the journal about a division he perceived between vegetarians, those who consumed animal products, and those who did not; he opened up the discussion to letters arguing for each side, receiving 24 responses. Newcombe was critical of the defences presented for consuming eggs and milk, arguing that "The only true way is to live on cereals, pulse, fruit, nuts and vegetables".[5] Newcombe also asserted that humans were naturally vegetarian[6] and that cancer could be cured by following a strict vegetarian diet;[7] in 1906, he sought funding for the creation of a "Fruitarian Cancer Hospital".[8]

Newcombe created and edited a journal on temperance, The Temperance Gazette, published by William Horsell; he was also a member of the National Temperance Association.[9]

Newcombe died in 1913, at the age of 87, in Tonbridge, Kent.[1] After Newcombe's death, a memorial prize essay competition was created in his honour by the Vegetarian Society.[10]

Publications[]

  • "On Fish Eating", The Vegetarian, Vol. 4, 15 April 1899, pp. 145–150
  • The Diet Cure of Cancer[11]
  • The Manifesto of Vegetarianism (London: Vegetarian Society, 1911)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Charles Thomas Newcombe of London and Hastings". Sussex PhotoHistory. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  2. ^ Lee Jackson [@VictorianLondon] (2014-09-26). "Cornelius Prout Newcombe, Teetollar and Vegetarian" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-02-27 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Studying and practising chemistry" (PDF). The Journal. The Institute of Science & Technology: 13. Spring 2014. ISSN 2040-1868.
  4. ^ "The manifesto of vegetarianism / by C.P. Newcombe". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  5. ^ Leneman, Leah (1999-01-01). "No Animal Food: The Road to Veganism in Britain, 1909-1944" (PDF). Society & Animals. 7 (3): 219–228. doi:10.1163/156853099X00095. ISSN 1568-5306.
  6. ^ Richardson, Elsa (2019-12-24). "Man Is Not a Meat-Eating Animal: Vegetarians and Evolution in Late-Victorian Britain" (PDF). Victorian Review. 45 (1): 117–134. doi:10.1353/vcr.2019.0034. ISSN 1923-3280.
  7. ^ "Gymnastics at Norfolk House". London North Mercury and Crouch End Observer. 1904-04-08. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  8. ^ Newcombe, C. P. (October 1906). "A Fruitarian Cancer Hospital" (PDF). The Herald of the Golden Age. 11 (4): 78.
  9. ^ Gregory, James. "'Zealously affected in a good thing' The publishing career and life of William Horsell (1807‒1863)". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ Davis, H. Valentine (1916). The Food Problem (Domestic and National) During and After the War. Manchester: The Vegetarian Society. The C. P. Newcombe Prize Essay Competition, read at the Annual Meeting, October 16th, 1916, at Manchester.
  11. ^ "The Diet Cure of Cancer". Herald of the Golden Age. 9 (4): 66. October 1904.
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