Job Caudwell
Job Caudwell FRGS | |
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.png) Caudwell, c. 1850 | |
| Born | 1820 Drayton Manor, Abingdon, England |
| Died | 5 June 1908 (aged 87) , Surrey, England |
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| Spouses | Eliza Cooper Braine
(m. 1860; died 1887)Eliza Harvey (m. 1901) |
| Children | 5 |
Job Caudwell
Biography
Early life and family
Job Caudwell was born in 1820, at Drayton Manor in
Career and activism
Raised in rural Berkshire, Caudwell later embarked on extensive travels. His academic interests centred on botany and he also engaged in antiquarian research. Caudwell dedicated his life to tackling the root causes of social issues, particularly those related to alcohol consumption.[3]: 23–24
Caudwell was actively involved with the
In July 1859, he entered a publishing partnership with fellow activist William Horsell at 335 The Strand, which lasted until September 1860.[5]: 11 Caudwell's publishing office also doubled as a homeopathic institute, where Caudwell dispensed his unique brand of homeopathic cocoa.[3]: 59 He also sold unadulterated flour there.[3]: 23–24 Caudwell’s publications in the 1860s included temperance dictionaries, health manuals, and studies of Mormonism. He also published Southcottian works and studies of the American Civil War.[5]: 29
Caudwell was elected a
In February 1865, a memoir and portrait of Caudwell was published in The Illustrated News of the World,[3]: 23–24 where he served as editor.[2] In 1881, he laid the cornerstone of Putney Methodist Church.[8]
Personal life and death
A committed
Caudwell married Eliza Cooper Braine in 1860 and together they had four sons and one daughter.[2][9] Following her death in 1887, he married Eliza Harvey in 1901.[2]
Caudwell died at the age of 87 on 5 June 1908 in Wandsworth, Surrey.[10]
Selected publications
- Vegetarian Cookery for the Million (six editions; 1864–1865)[3]: 350
- Job Caudwell's Threepenny Pledge Book (1865)[11]
References
- ^ a b "Descendants of William Caudwell" (PDF). Sowdons of Reading Family History. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Job Caudwell (1820-1908)". The Holliday Family Tree Newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 4. September 2008. p. 12. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gregory, James Richard Thomas Elliott (2002). "Biographical Index of British Vegetarians and Food reformers of the Victorian Era". The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1840–1901: A Study of Its Development, Personnel and Wider Connections (PDF). Vol. 2. University of Southampton. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Victorian Popular Fiction Association 11th Annual Conference: Abstracts and Biographies" (PDF). Victorian Popular Fiction Association. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Gregory, James (2013) [2008]. "'Zealously affected in a good thing' The publishing career and life of William Horsell (1807‒1863)". Academia.edu. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. 49: 551. 1879 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "C". Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute. XXIX: 294. 1897 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "1881 - Putney Methodist Church - Gwendolen Avenue, London, UK". Waymarking. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Births Jun 1875". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- ^ "Job Caudwell's Threepenny Pledge Book for the Pocket, etc. [Ruled blank leaves for signatures, etc.] | WorldCat.org". WorldCat. Retrieved 17 November 2024.