Frederic Richard Lees

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Frederic Richard Lees
Born(1815-03-15)15 March 1815
Meanwood, England
Died29 May 1897(1897-05-29) (aged 82)
Occupation(s)Temperance advocate, writer

Frederic Richard Lees (15 March 1815 – 29 May 1897) was an English temperance advocate and vegetarian.

Biography

Lees was born in

British Association for the Promotion of Temperance (British Temperance League) and edited its journal from 1840–1844.[2] He edited Truth-Seeker from 1844–1850, the Teetotal Topic in 1847 and the Temperance Spectator in 1859.[2]

He was a founding member of the United Kingdom Alliance in 1863.[2] Lees was a vegetarian and occasionally lectured on vegetarianism. In 1857, he won a Vegetarian Society essay competition which was republished in 1884.[2] He became an associate member of the Vegetarian Society in 1874.[2]

Lees obtained an honorary doctorate from University of Giessen for his writings against Owenism.[2] Lees married Mary Jowett in 1838, they had two children; she died in 1870. In 1878, he married Sarah Barnesley (née Brooks), who died in 1889.[1]

Lees died on 29 May 1897, in Halifax, West Yorkshire.[1]

Selected publications

References

Further reading

  • Frederic Arnold Lees. (1904). Dr Frederic Richard Lees: A Biography. London.
  • Judith Anne Pitney. (1970). Frederic Richard Lees: The Teetotal Philosopher. University of Wisconsin.