John Davie (activist)
John Davie | |
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![]() Portrait of Davie by John MacLaren Barclay | |
Born | 1800 Stirling, Scotland |
Died | 1891 (aged 91) |
Occupation | Draper, activist |
John Davie (1800 – 1891) was a Scottish draper and activist for vegetarianism, temperance and several other causes.
Biography[]
John Davie was born in Stirling, in 1800.[1] He later attained wealth as a draper and was a United Presbyterian elder.[2] Davie became a vegetarian at the age of 46 and for some time was secretary of the Vegetarian Society.[3]: 35 He was opposed to alcohol, tobacco, vaccination and vivisection;[3]: 62 he was a supporter of Chartism, peace, women's suffrage,[4] and hydrotherapy.[1] In 1830, he and other members of the Dunfermline Temperance Society formed the first Total Abstinence Society in Scotland.[5] He was later managing director and one of the originators of the Waverly Hydrotherapy Institution at Melrose.[1]
In 1874, Davie, W. Gibson Ward, Isaac Pitman, and Francis William Newman were described as "four leading vegetarians" in England.[1]
The Vegetarian Society presented an address to Davie in March 1890, to celebrate him reaching his 90th year. In September of the same year, Davie attended the 2nd International Vegetarian Congress in London.[6]
Davie died in March 1891, at the age of 91; his wife died soon afterwards.[3]: 166
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Four Leading Vegetarians". The Graphic. Vol. 10. July–December 1874. pp. 19–21.
- ^ Durie, Alastair J. (2017). Scotland and Tourism: The Long View, 1700–2015. Taylor & Francis. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-317-52069-6.
- ^ a b c Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty Years of Food Reform. London: The Ideal Publishing Union.
- ^ Durie, Alastair J. (2006). "Hydrotherapy in Scotland, 1840–1900". In Warwick, Alex; Clifford, David; Wadge, Elisabeth; Willis, Martin (eds.). Repositioning Victorian Sciences: Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-century Scientific Thinking. Anthem Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-84331-212-3.
- ^ Stewart, Alexander (1889). Reminiscences of Dunfermline and Neighbourhood (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Scott & Ferguson, and J. Menzies & Co. p. 272.
- ^ "The International Vegetarian Congress". The Vegetarian. London. 1890-09-20.
Further reading[]
- Stewart, Alexander (1889). "The Temperance Cause and Mr. John Davie". Reminiscences of Dunfermline and Neighbourhood (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Scott & Ferguson, and J. Menzies & Co. pp. 102–105.
- Mowat, Sue. "Shopping for Clothes in Victorian Dunfermline". Dunfermline Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
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- 1800 births
- 1891 deaths
- 19th-century Scottish businesspeople
- Anti-vivisectionists
- British anti-vaccination activists
- Drapers
- Organization founders
- People associated with the Vegetarian Society
- People from Dunfermline
- People from Stirling
- Scottish anti-war activists
- Scottish merchants
- Scottish Presbyterians
- Scottish suffragists
- Scottish temperance activists
- Vegetarianism activists