John Davie (activist)

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

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

John Davie
Portrait of Davie by John MacLaren Barclay
Born1800
Stirling, Scotland
Died1891 (aged 91)
Occupation(s)Draper, activist

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
  1. "Four Leading Vegetarians". The Graphic. Vol. 10. July–December 1874. pp. 19–21.
  2. Durie, Alastair J. (2017). Scotland and Tourism: The Long View, 1700–2015. Taylor & Francis. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-317-52069-6.
  3. Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty Years of Food Reform. London: The Ideal Publishing Union.
  4. 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.
  5. Stewart, Alexander (1889). Reminiscences of Dunfermline and Neighbourhood (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Scott & Ferguson, and J. Menzies & Co. p. 272.
  6. "The International Vegetarian Congress". The Vegetarian. London. 20 September 1890.

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