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== Life and work ==
== Life and work ==
Williams was the son of an Anglican deacon<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Preece|first=Rod|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=9780774821124|title=Animal Sensibility and Inclusive Justice in the Age of Bernard Shaw|date=|publisher=UBC Press|year=2011|isbn=9780774821124|location=Vancouver|pages=167–168|language=en}}</ref> and the younger brother of [[Howard Williams (humanitarian)|Howard Williams]], who was the author of ''The Ethics of Diet'' and a 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>
Williams was the son of an Anglican minister<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Preece|first=Rod|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=9780774821124|title=Animal Sensibility and Inclusive Justice in the Age of Bernard Shaw|date=|publisher=UBC Press|year=2011|isbn=9780774821124|location=Vancouver|pages=167–168|language=en}}</ref> and the younger brother of [[Howard Williams (humanitarian)|Howard Williams]], who was the author of ''The Ethics of Diet'' and a 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>


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|volume=|pages=|via=}}</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> He founded an [[animal rights]] society, the Order of the Golden Age in 1881, it was constituted in 1882.<ref name=":2">{{Cite thesis|last=Calvert|first=Samantha Jane|title=Eden's Diet: Christianity and Vegetarianism 1809–2009|date=June 2012|degree=|publisher=University of Birmingham|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/18614303.pdf|doi=}}</ref> 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" /> 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|volume=|pages=|via=}}</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|via=}}</ref>
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|volume=|pages=|via=}}</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> He founded an [[animal rights]] society, the Order of the Golden Age in 1881, it was constituted in 1882.<ref name=":2">{{Cite thesis|last=Calvert|first=Samantha Jane|title=Eden's Diet: Christianity and Vegetarianism 1809–2009|date=June 2012|degree=|publisher=University of Birmingham|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/18614303.pdf|doi=}}</ref> 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" /> 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|volume=|pages=|via=}}</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|via=}}</ref>

Revision as of 21:12, 1 July 2020

The Reverend
Henry John Williams
Born1838
Died1919 (aged 81)
Occupation(s)Humanitarian and vegetarianism activist, rector
Known forFounding the Order of the Golden Age
FamilyHoward Williams

Henry John Williams (1838 – 1919) was an English humanitarian and vegetarianism activist and the founder of the Order of the Golden Age.

Life and work

Williams was the son of an Anglican minister[1] and the younger brother of Howard Williams, who was the author of The Ethics of Diet and a fellow humanitarian.[2][3]

At the age of 40, Williams was inspired by his brother to become a vegetarian.[4] He later published the pamphlet A Plea for a Broken Law, which made a case for vegetarianism from a theological point of view.[5] He founded an animal rights society, the Order of the Golden Age in 1881, it was constituted in 1882.[6] 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.[6] Williams wrote for the Order's journal The Herald of the Golden Age.[7][8]

Williams was was Rector of Kinross,[9] Hon. President of the Scottish Vegetarian Society[10] and a member of the Humanitarian League's Humane Diet department.[2]

He died in 1919, at the age of 81; his brother published an obituary in the May 1919 edition of The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review. [4]

Selected publications

  • A Plea for a Broken Law

References

  1. ^ Preece, Rod (2011). Animal Sensibility and Inclusive Justice in the Age of Bernard Shaw. Vancouver: UBC Press. pp. 167–168. ISBN 9780774821124.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ a b Williams, Howard (May 1919). "Rev. Henry John Williams (1838-1919)". The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Calvert, Samantha Jane (June 2012). Eden's Diet: Christianity and Vegetarianism 1809–2009 (PDF) (Thesis). University of Birmingham.
  7. ^ Williams, H. J. (January 1897). "Dark Ages, Past & Present". The Herald of the Golden Age.
  8. ^ Williams, H. J. (1900-12-15). "A Call to the Christian Church" (PDF). The Herald of the Golden Age. 5 (12): 143–144.
  9. ^ "Introduction – The Order of the Golden Age". The Vegetarian Messenger. October 1897. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  10. ^ "Vegetarian Federal Union 1889-1911". International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 2020-07-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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