Job Caudwell
Job Caudwell FRSL | |
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| Born | 8 December 1820 Drayton Manor, Abingdon, England |
| Died | 5 June 1908 (aged 87) , London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Publisher, bookseller, editor, activist |
| Spouses | Eliza Cooper Braine
(m. 1860; died 1887)Eliza Harvey (m. 1901) |
| Children | 4 |
Job Caudwell
Biography
Job Caudwell, the seventh son of William Caudwell (1779–1854) and his wife Hannah (née Lousley; 1782–1849),[1] was born on 8 December 1820, at Drayton Manor in Abingdon; he was part of a sizable family with a total of 20 siblings. Caudwell's upbringing took place in rural Berkshire, and following this, he embarked on extensive travels. His academic pursuits focused on botany, and he engaged in "antiquarian researches." Caudwell dedicated his life to addressing what he perceived as the root causes of social problems, particularly those associated with alcohol consumption.[2]: 23–24
As a committed teetotal
Caudwell was also a keen
In February 1865, a memoir and portrait of Caudwell was published in The Illustrated News of the World,[2]: 23–24 of which Caudwell was editor.[5] In 1881 he laid the corner stone of Putney Methodist Church.[6]
Caudwell married Eliza Cooper Braine in 1860; they had four sons. His wife died in 1887 and he married Eliza Harvey in 1901.[5] Caudwell died on 5 June 1908 in Wandsworth, London.[7]
References
- ^ "Descendants of William Caudwell" (PDF). Sowdons of Reading Family History. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ a b c d 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 2022-10-02.
- ^ "Temperance and Work". BLT19. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ "Victorian Popular Fiction Association 11th Annual Conference: Abstracts and Biographies" (PDF). Victorian Popular Fiction Association. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ a b "Job Caudwell (1820-1908)". The Holliday Family Tree Newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 4. September 2008. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ "1881 - Putney Methodist Church - Gwendolen Avenue, London, UK". Waymarking. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ^ Principal Probate Registry; London, England; Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England