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| birth_place = [[Whatley, Mendip]], England |
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| death_place = [[Aspley Guise]], England |
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| occupation = [[Humanitarian]], [[animal rights]] and [[vegetarianism]] activist, [[rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] |
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| occupation = Priest, activist |
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| known_for = Founding the [[Order of the Golden Age]] |
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| relatives = [[Howard Williams (humanitarian)|Howard Williams]] (brother) |
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'''Henry John Williams''' (1838 – 1919) was an English [[ |
'''Henry John Williams''' (8 February 1838 – 1 April 1919) was an English [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] priest and activist for [[humanitarianism]], [[animal rights]] and [[vegetarianism]]. He was the founder of the [[Order of the Golden Age]]; an international animal rights society. |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Henry John Williams was born on 8 February 1838 in [[Whatley, Mendip]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Descendants of Sydenham Williams of Herringstone |url=https://www.heraldry-online.org.uk/genealogy-online/sydenham_williams.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Heraldry Online}}</ref> He was the son of Margaret Sophia and Hamilton John Williams,<ref name=":3" /> an [[Anglican]] priest.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Preece |first=Rod |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9780774821124 |title=Animal Sensibility and Inclusive Justice in the Age of Bernard Shaw |publisher=UBC Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780774821124 |location=Vancouver |pages=167–168 |language=en}}</ref> Williams had six brothers, including [[Howard Williams (humanitarian)|Howard Williams]], the author of ''[[The Ethics of Diet]]'' and a vegetarian and fellow humanitarian.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qifWeY9M8jAC |title=Eating and Believing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vegetarianism and Theology |publisher=A&C Black |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-567-57736-8 |editor-last=Grumett |editor-first=David |location=London |pages=126 |language=en |editor-last2=Muers |editor-first2=Rachel}}</ref><ref name="Gregory 2007">Gregory, James. (2007). ''Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain''. Tauris Academic Studies. p. 109. {{ISBN|978-1-84511-379-7}}</ref> |
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Williams was married twice, first to Cecelia Frances D'Arblay Croft and then to a person, in July 1871, in [[Newport Pagnell]], whose name has not been recorded.<ref name=":3" /> |
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⚫ | At the age of 40, Williams was inspired by his brother to become a vegetarian.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=Howard|date=May 1919|title=Rev. Henry John Williams (1838-1919)|url=https://www.ordergoldenage.co.uk/obituaries/rev-henry-john-williams/|journal=The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review}}</ref> He later published the pamphlet ''A Plea for a Broken Law'', which made a case for vegetarianism from a theological point of view.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Williams|first=Howard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9ugCcZ13BMC|title=The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-eating|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2003|isbn=978-0-252-07130-0|location=Champaign, Illinois|pages=384|language=en}}</ref> |
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⚫ | At the age of 40, Williams was inspired by his brother Howard to become a vegetarian.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=Howard|date=May 1919|title=Rev. Henry John Williams (1838-1919)|url=https://www.ordergoldenage.co.uk/obituaries/rev-henry-john-williams/|journal=The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review}}</ref> He later published the pamphlet ''A Plea for a Broken Law'', which made a case for vegetarianism from a theological point of view.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Williams|first=Howard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9ugCcZ13BMC|title=The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-eating|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2003|isbn=978-0-252-07130-0|location=Champaign, Illinois|pages=384|language=en}}</ref> In 1881, he founded the animal rights society, the [[Order of the Golden Age]]; it was constituted in 1882. Due to a lack of funds, the organisation was inactive until 1895, when Williams, [[Sidney H. Beard]] and others met and discussed how to remedy its dormancy.<ref name=":2">{{Cite thesis |last=Calvert |first=Samantha Jane |title=Eden's Diet: Christianity and Vegetarianism 1809–2009 |date=June 2012 |publisher=University of Birmingham |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/18614303.pdf}} pp. 203–204.</ref> Williams wrote for the order's journal, ''The Herald of the Golden Age''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=H. J.|date=January 1897|title=Dark Ages, Past & Present|url=https://www.ordergoldenage.co.uk/articles/dark-ages-past-present/|journal=The Herald of the Golden Age}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=H. J.|date=1900-12-15|title=A Call to the Christian Church|url=http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/herald_of_the_golden_age/herald_of_the_golden_age_v5_n12_dec_15_1900.pdf|journal=The Herald of the Golden Age|volume=5|issue=12|pages=143–144}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Williams was Rector of [[Kinross]],<ref>{{Cite journal|date=October 1897|title=Introduction – The Order of the Golden Age|url=https://www.ordergoldenage.co.uk/articles/introduction-the-order-of-the-golden-age/|journal=The Vegetarian Messenger|access-date=2020-07-01}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Williams was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of [[Kinross]],<ref>{{Cite journal|date=October 1897|title=Introduction – The Order of the Golden Age|url=https://www.ordergoldenage.co.uk/articles/introduction-the-order-of-the-golden-age/|journal=The Vegetarian Messenger|access-date=2020-07-01}}</ref> honorary president of the Scottish Vegetarian Society<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vegetarian Federal Union 1889-1911|url=https://ivu.org/history/vfu/1897-report-scottish.html|access-date=2020-07-01|website=International Vegetarian Union}}</ref> and a member of the [[Humanitarian League]]'s Humane Diet department.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Selected publications == |
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* ''A Plea for a Broken Law'' |
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Henry John Williams | |
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Born | Whatley, Mendip, England | 1 February 1838
Died | 1 April 1919 Aspley Guise, England | (aged 81)
Occupation(s) | Priest, activist |
Known for | Founding the Order of the Golden Age |
Relatives | Howard Williams (brother) |
Religion | Anglicanism |
Church | Church of England |
Offices held | Rector of Kinross |
Henry John Williams (8 February 1838 – 1 April 1919) was an English Anglican priest and activist for humanitarianism, animal rights and vegetarianism. He was the founder of the Order of the Golden Age; an international animal rights society.
Biography[edit]
Henry John Williams was born on 8 February 1838 in Whatley, Mendip.[1] He was the son of Margaret Sophia and Hamilton John Williams,[1] an Anglican priest.[2] Williams had six brothers, including Howard Williams, the author of The Ethics of Diet and a vegetarian and fellow humanitarian.[3][4]
Williams was married twice, first to Cecelia Frances D'Arblay Croft and then to a person, in July 1871, in Newport Pagnell, whose name has not been recorded.[1]
At the age of 40, Williams was inspired by his brother Howard to become a vegetarian.[5] He later published the pamphlet A Plea for a Broken Law, which made a case for vegetarianism from a theological point of view.[6] In 1881, he founded the animal rights society, the Order of the Golden Age; it was constituted in 1882. Due to a lack of funds, the organisation was inactive until 1895, when Williams, Sidney H. Beard and others met and discussed how to remedy its dormancy.[7] Williams wrote for the order's journal, The Herald of the Golden Age.[8][9]
Williams was rector of Kinross,[10] honorary president of the Scottish Vegetarian Society[11] and a member of the Humanitarian League's Humane Diet department.[3]
Williams died on 1 April 1919 in Aspley Guise, at the age of 81;[1] Howard authored an obituary, which was published in the May 1919 edition of The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review.[5]
Selected publications[edit]
- A Plea for a Broken Law
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Descendants of Sydenham Williams of Herringstone". Heraldry Online. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Preece, Rod (2011). Animal Sensibility and Inclusive Justice in the Age of Bernard Shaw. Vancouver: UBC Press. pp. 167–168. ISBN 9780774821124.
- ^ a b Grumett, David; Muers, Rachel, eds. (2011). Eating and Believing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vegetarianism and Theology. London: A&C Black. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-567-57736-8.
- ^ Gregory, James. (2007). Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Tauris Academic Studies. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-84511-379-7
- ^ a b Williams, Howard (May 1919). "Rev. Henry John Williams (1838-1919)". The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review.
- ^ Williams, Howard (2003). The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-eating. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-252-07130-0.
- ^ Calvert, Samantha Jane (June 2012). Eden's Diet: Christianity and Vegetarianism 1809–2009 (PDF) (Thesis). University of Birmingham. pp. 203–204.
- ^ Williams, H. J. (January 1897). "Dark Ages, Past & Present". The Herald of the Golden Age.
- ^ Williams, H. J. (15 December 1900). "A Call to the Christian Church" (PDF). The Herald of the Golden Age. 5 (12): 143–144.
- ^ "Introduction – The Order of the Golden Age". The Vegetarian Messenger. October 1897. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Vegetarian Federal Union 1889-1911". International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- 1838 births
- 1919 deaths
- 19th-century English Anglican priests
- 20th-century English Anglican priests
- Christian vegetarians
- English animal rights activists
- English humanitarians
- English pamphleteers
- English vegetarianism activists
- Organization founders
- People associated with the Order of the Golden Age
- People from Mendip District