Jump to content

John Davie (activist): Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Reedturner (talk | contribs)
288 edits
mNo edit summary
Tags: Reverted Visual edit
Line 21: Line 21:


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
John Davie was born at Butterflat, a small farm near [[Stirling]], on 13 March 1800. He showed no interest in an agricultural career and was instead apprenticed to a [[draper]] in Stirling. The fifth year of his apprenticeship was spent in [[Dunfermline]], after briefly working as a [[journeyman]] in [[Kirkcaldy|Kircaldy]] and [[Edinburgh]]. There he formed a business partnership with Mr David Reid, which was prosperous enough that Davie was able to retire from business life 14 years later.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1891-03-07 |title=Death of Mr John Davie, Dumferline |page=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/print/BL/0004116/18910307/027/0002 2] |work=Dunfermline Journal |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Death_of_Mr_John_Davie,_Dunfermline.png |access-date=2023-11-21}}</ref>
John Davie was born at Butterflat, a small farm near [[Stirling]], on 13 March 1800. He showed no interest in an agricultural career and was instead apprenticed to a [[draper]] in Stirling. The fifth year of his apprenticeship was spent in [[Dunfermline]] after briefly working as a [[journeyman]] in [[Kirkcaldy|Kircaldy]] and [[Edinburgh]]. There he formed a business partnership with Mr David Reid, which was prosperous enough that Davie could retire from business life 14 years later.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1891-03-07 |title=Death of Mr John Davie, Dumferline |page=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/print/BL/0004116/18910307/027/0002 2] |work=Dunfermline Journal |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Death_of_Mr_John_Davie,_Dunfermline.png |access-date=2023-11-21}}</ref>


Davie served as a [[United Presbyterian Church (Scotland)|United Presbyterian]] elder.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Durie|first=Alastair J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jolDwAAQBAJ|title=Scotland and Tourism: The Long View, 1700–2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2017|isbn=978-1-317-52069-6|pages=62|language=en}}</ref> He became a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] at the age of 46 and for some time was secretary of the [[Vegetarian Society]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Forward|first=Charles W.|url=https://archive.org/details/b2486609x|title=Fifty Years of Food Reform|publisher=The Ideal Publishing Union|year=1898|location=London|language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|35}} and vice-president of the [[London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=P. A. |url=http://archive.org/details/b21359751 |title=Vaccination. A letter to Dr. W. B. Carpenter, C.B., &c., &c., &c. |publisher=E.W. Allen |year=1881 |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/b21359751/page/n1/mode/1up 1] |language=en}}</ref> He was opposed to alcohol, tobacco, vaccination and vivisection;<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|62}} he was a supporter of [[Chartism]], [[Peace movement|peace]], [[women's suffrage]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Durie|first=Alastair J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RLqDMdI04J4C|title=Repositioning Victorian Sciences: Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-century Scientific Thinking|publisher=Anthem Press|year=2006|isbn=978-1-84331-212-3|editor-last=Warwick|editor-first=Alex|pages=52|language=en|chapter=Hydrotherapy in Scotland, 1840–1900|editor2-last=Clifford|editor2-first=David|editor3-last=Wadge|editor3-first=Elisabeth|editor4-last=Willis|editor4-first=Martin}}</ref> and [[hydrotherapy]].<ref name=":2" /> In 1830, Davie and other members of the Dunfermline Temperance Society formed the first Total Abstinence Society in Scotland.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stewart|first=Alexander|url=https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofd00stew|title=Reminiscences of Dunfermline and Neighbourhood|publisher=Scott & Ferguson, and J. Menzies & Co.|year=1889|edition=2nd|location=Edinburgh|page=[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofd00stew/page/272/mode/1up 272]|language=en}}</ref> He was later managing director and one of the originators of the Waverly Hydrotherapy Institution at [[Melrose, Scottish Borders|Melrose]].<ref name=":2" />
Davie served as a [[United Presbyterian Church (Scotland)|United Presbyterian]] elder.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Durie|first=Alastair J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jolDwAAQBAJ|title=Scotland and Tourism: The Long View, 1700–2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2017|isbn=978-1-317-52069-6|pages=62|language=en}}</ref> He became a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] at the age of 46 and for some time was secretary of the [[Vegetarian Society]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Forward|first=Charles W.|url=https://archive.org/details/b2486609x|title=Fifty Years of Food Reform|publisher=The Ideal Publishing Union|year=1898|location=London|language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|35}} and vice-president of the [[London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=P. A. |url=http://archive.org/details/b21359751 |title=Vaccination. A letter to Dr. W. B. Carpenter, C.B., &c., &c., &c. |publisher=E.W. Allen |year=1881 |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/b21359751/page/n1/mode/1up 1] |language=en}}</ref> He was opposed to alcohol, tobacco, vaccination and vivisection;<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|62}} he was a supporter of [[Chartism]], [[Peace movement|peace]], [[women's suffrage]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Durie|first=Alastair J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RLqDMdI04J4C|title=Repositioning Victorian Sciences: Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-century Scientific Thinking|publisher=Anthem Press|year=2006|isbn=978-1-84331-212-3|editor-last=Warwick|editor-first=Alex|pages=52|language=en|chapter=Hydrotherapy in Scotland, 1840–1900|editor2-last=Clifford|editor2-first=David|editor3-last=Wadge|editor3-first=Elisabeth|editor4-last=Willis|editor4-first=Martin}}</ref> and [[hydrotherapy]].<ref name=":2" /> In 1830, Davie and other members of the Dunfermline Temperance Society formed the first Total Abstinence Society in Scotland.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stewart|first=Alexander|url=https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofd00stew|title=Reminiscences of Dunfermline and Neighbourhood|publisher=Scott & Ferguson, and J. Menzies & Co.|year=1889|edition=2nd|location=Edinburgh|page=[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofd00stew/page/272/mode/1up 272]|language=en}}</ref> He was later managing director and one of the originators of the Waverly Hydrotherapy Institution at [[Melrose, Scottish Borders|Melrose]].<ref name=":2" />


In 1874, Davie, [[W. Gibson Ward]], [[Isaac Pitman]], and [[Francis William Newman]] were described as "four leading vegetarians" in England.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=July–December 1874|title=Four Leading Vegetarians|volume=10|pages=[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433105621522?urlappend=%3Bseq=27%3Bownerid=13510798903297841-33 19]–21|work=[[The Graphic]]|url=|access-date=}}</ref>
In 1874, Davie, [[W. Gibson Ward]], [[Isaac Pitman]], and [[Francis William Newman]] were described as the "four leading vegetarians" in England.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=July–December 1874|title=Four Leading Vegetarians|volume=10|pages=[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433105621522?urlappend=%3Bseq=27%3Bownerid=13510798903297841-33 19]–21|work=[[The Graphic]]|url=|access-date=}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1890-09-20|title=The International Vegetarian Congress|url=https://ivu.org/congress/1890/report.html|journal=The Vegetarian|location=London}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1890-09-20|title=The International Vegetarian Congress|url=https://ivu.org/congress/1890/report.html|journal=The Vegetarian|location=London}}</ref>

Revision as of 03:59, 10 May 2024

For other people named John Davie, see John Davie (disambiguation).

John Davie
Portrait of Davie by John MacLaren Barclay
Born(1800-03-13)13 March 1800
Stirling, Scotland
Died4 March 1891(1891-03-04) (aged 90)
Dunfermline, Scotland
Occupation(s)Draper, activist
SpouseMary Livingston

John Davie (13 March 1800 – 4 March 1891) was a Scottish draper and activist for vegetarianism, temperance and several other causes.

Biography

John Davie was born at Butterflat, a small farm near Stirling, on 13 March 1800. He showed no interest in an agricultural career and was instead apprenticed to a draper in Stirling. The fifth year of his apprenticeship was spent in Dunfermline after briefly working as a journeyman in Kircaldy and Edinburgh. There he formed a business partnership with Mr David Reid, which was prosperous enough that Davie could retire from business life 14 years later.[1]

Davie served as a United Presbyterian elder.[2] He became a vegetarian at the age of 46 and for some time was secretary of the Vegetarian Society,[3]: 35  and vice-president of the London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination.[4] He was opposed to alcohol, tobacco, vaccination and vivisection;[3]: 62  he was a supporter of Chartism, peace, women's suffrage,[5] and hydrotherapy.[6] In 1830, Davie and other members of the Dunfermline Temperance Society formed the first Total Abstinence Society in Scotland.[7] He was later managing director and one of the originators of the Waverly Hydrotherapy Institution at Melrose.[6]

In 1874, Davie, W. Gibson Ward, Isaac Pitman, and Francis William Newman were described as the "four leading vegetarians" in England.[6]

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.[8]

Davie married three times;[1] his third wife was Mary Livingston.[9] Davie died at his home, Newlandshill House, Dunfermline, on 4 March 1891. He was buried in Kirkcaldy Churchyard.[1] His wife died the following year.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Death of Mr John Davie, Dumferline". Dunfermline Journal. 7 March 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ^ Durie, Alastair J. (2017). Scotland and Tourism: The Long View, 1700–2015. Taylor & Francis. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-317-52069-6.
  3. ^ a b Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty Years of Food Reform. London: The Ideal Publishing Union.
  4. ^ Taylor, P. A. (1881). Vaccination. A letter to Dr. W. B. Carpenter, C.B., &c., &c., &c. London: E.W. Allen. p. 1.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c "Four Leading Vegetarians". The Graphic. Vol. 10. July–December 1874. pp. 19–21.
  7. ^ Stewart, Alexander (1889). Reminiscences of Dunfermline and Neighbourhood (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Scott & Ferguson, and J. Menzies & Co. p. 272.
  8. ^ "The International Vegetarian Congress". The Vegetarian. London. 20 September 1890.
  9. ^ a b "Estates of the Deceased Mrs. Mary Livingston or Davie" (PDF). The New York Herald. 12 January 1920. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

Further reading

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Davie_(activist)&oldid=1223137111"