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{{Short description|English hydrotherapist, publisher, and activist (1807–1863)}}
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==Biography==
==Biography==


Horsell was born in [[Brinkworth, Wiltshire]]. Before the age of twenty he was preaching the [[gospel]] and became a [[Temperance movement|temperance]] activist in 1833.<ref>[https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-74681 "Horsell, William (1807–1863)"]. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.</ref> In 1838, Horsell established the Anti-Nicotine Society at [[Congleton]], Cheshire.<ref>Blocker, Jack S. Fahey, David M; Tyrrell, Ian R. (2003). ''Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Enclyopedia, Volume 1''. ABC-CLIO. p. 634. {{ISBN|1-57607-833-7}}</ref> Horsell founded the Nature's Beverage Society in 1842. The Society aimed to spread abstinence from all artificial beverages.<ref>[[Peter Turner Winskill|Winskill, Peter Turner]]. (1891). [https://archive.org/details/temperancemovem02winsgoog/page/n186 ''The Temperance Movement and Its Workers, Volume 2'']. Blackie & Son. p. 150</ref>
William Horsell was born in [[Brinkworth, Wiltshire]] on 31 March 1807. Before the age of twenty he was preaching the [[gospel]] and became a [[Temperance movement|temperance]] activist in 1833.<ref>{{Cite ODNB |title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |date=2004-09-23 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74681 |editor-last=Matthew |editor-first=H. C. G. |access-date=2024-01-06 |place=Oxford |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/74681 |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=B.}}</ref> In 1838, Horsell established the Anti-Nicotine Society at [[Congleton]], Cheshire.<ref>Blocker, Jack S. Fahey, David M; Tyrrell, Ian R. (2003). ''Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Enclyopedia, Volume 1''. ABC-CLIO. p. 634. {{ISBN|1-57607-833-7}}</ref> Horsell founded the Nature's Beverage Society in 1842. The Society aimed to spread abstinence from all artificial beverages.<ref>[[Peter Turner Winskill|Winskill, Peter Turner]]. (1891). [https://archive.org/details/temperancemovem02winsgoog/page/n186 ''The Temperance Movement and Its Workers, Volume 2'']. Blackie & Son. p. 150</ref>


Horsell operated a hydropathic infirmary at Northwood Villa, [[Ramsgate]].<ref name="Spencer 1995">Spencer, Colin. (1995). ''The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism''. University Press of New England. p. 252. {{ISBN|0-87451-708-7}}</ref> It has been described as the first vegetarian hospital in Britain.<ref>Forward, Charles W. (1898). [https://archive.org/details/b2486609x/page/20 ''Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England'']. London: The Ideal Publishing Union. p. 20</ref> In 1847, a meeting was held at the hospital from which the [[Vegetarian Society]] was formed.<ref name="Spencer 1995"/> Horsell was secretary of the Vegetarian Society for several years.<ref name="James 2007">Gregory, James. (2007). ''Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain''. Tauris Academic Studies. pp. 31-52, pp. 72-73, p. 104. {{ISBN|978-1-84511-379-7}}</ref> In 1856, Horsell noted that there were a thousand members of the Society.<ref name="James 2007"/> He managed the Society from his London office.<ref name="VegSource">[https://vegsource.com/john-davis/london-vegetarian-association-1850s---the-worlds-first-vegan-society.html "London Vegetarian Association, 1850s - the world's first 'vegan society'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713181818/https://vegsource.com/john-davis/london-vegetarian-association-1850s---the-worlds-first-vegan-society.html |date=13 July 2019 }}. Retrieved 13 July 2019.</ref>
Horsell operated a hydropathic infirmary at Northwood Villa, [[Ramsgate]].<ref name="Spencer 1995">Spencer, Colin. (1995). ''The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism''. University Press of New England. p. 252. {{ISBN|0-87451-708-7}}</ref> It has been described as the first vegetarian hospital in Britain.<ref>Forward, Charles W. (1898). [https://archive.org/details/b2486609x/page/20 ''Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England'']. London: The Ideal Publishing Union. p. 20</ref> In 1847, a meeting was held at the hospital from which the [[Vegetarian Society]] was formed.<ref name="Spencer 1995"/> Horsell was secretary of the Vegetarian Society for several years.<ref name="James 2007">Gregory, James. (2007). ''Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain''. Tauris Academic Studies. pp. 31-52, pp. 72-73, p. 104. {{ISBN|978-1-84511-379-7}}</ref> In 1856, Horsell noted that there were a thousand members of the Society.<ref name="James 2007"/> He managed the Society from his London office.<ref name="VegSource">[https://vegsource.com/john-davis/london-vegetarian-association-1850s---the-worlds-first-vegan-society.html "London Vegetarian Association, 1850s - the world's first 'vegan society'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713181818/https://vegsource.com/john-davis/london-vegetarian-association-1850s---the-worlds-first-vegan-society.html |date=13 July 2019 }}. Retrieved 13 July 2019.</ref>


Horsell edited the ''Truth Tester'', which became the Society's official journal.<ref name="Spencer 1995"/> The journal described vegetarianism as "the next practical moral subject which is likely to call forth the virtuous energy of society".<ref name="James 2007"/> In 1850, it was renamed the ''Vegetarian Advocate''.<ref>Puskar-Pasewicz, Margaret. (2010). ''Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism''. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 179. {{ISBN|978-0-313-37556-9}}</ref> Horsell stepped down as Secretary and his journal ceased in 1850.<ref name="IVU">[https://ivu.org/history/societies/vegsoc-origins.html "The Origins of the 'Vegetarians'"]. International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 13 July 2019.</ref> From 1849, the Vegetarian Society's President James Simpson published the ''Vegetarian Messenger''.<ref name="IVU"/> In 1850, Simpson moved the Vegetarian Society office to Manchester and ''Vegetarian Messenger'' became the Society's official journal.<ref name="IVU"/> Horsell remained active with the London branch of the Vegetarian Society.<ref name="VegSource"/>
Horsell edited the ''Truth Tester'', which became the Society's official journal.<ref name="Spencer 1995"/> The journal described vegetarianism as "the next practical moral subject which is likely to call forth the virtuous energy of society".<ref name="James 2007"/> In 1850, it was renamed the ''Vegetarian Advocate''.<ref>Puskar-Pasewicz, Margaret. (2010). ''Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism''. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 179. {{ISBN|978-0-313-37556-9}}</ref> Horsell stepped down as Secretary and his journal ceased in 1850.<ref name="IVU">[https://ivu.org/history/societies/vegsoc-origins.html "The Origins of the 'Vegetarians'"]. International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 13 July 2019.</ref> From 1849, the Vegetarian Society's President [[James Simpson (Bible Christian)|James Simpson]] published the ''Vegetarian Messenger''.<ref name="IVU"/> In 1850, Simpson moved the Vegetarian Society office to Manchester and ''Vegetarian Messenger'' became the Society's official journal.<ref name="IVU"/> Horsell remained active with the London branch of the Vegetarian Society.<ref name="VegSource"/>


Another publication of Horsell's was the monthly ''The Journal of Health & Phrenological Magazine'' which amongst its contributors was the popular temperance lecturer [[Jabez Inwards]], a fellow teetotaler and phrenologist .<ref>{{cite web |title=London Vegans 1856 – Elizabeth And William Horsell |url=https://www.happycow.net/blog/london-vegans-meeting-in-1856-elizabeth-and-william-horsell-plus-many-of-their-friends/ |website=www.happycow.net |access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
Another publication of Horsell's was the monthly ''The Journal of Health & Phrenological Magazine'' which amongst its contributors was the popular temperance lecturer [[Jabez Inwards]], a fellow teetotaler and phrenologist .<ref>{{cite web |title=London Vegans 1856 – Elizabeth And William Horsell |url=https://www.happycow.net/blog/london-vegans-meeting-in-1856-elizabeth-and-william-horsell-plus-many-of-their-friends/ |website=www.happycow.net |access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>


He authored a popular hydropathic manual and was an advocate of [[phrenology]].<ref name="James 2007"/> He was a publisher for vegetarian and [[Spiritualism|spiritualist]] literature.<ref name="James 2007"/> His wife [[Elizabeth Horsell]] was also a vegetarian.<ref name="James 2007"/>
He authored a popular hydropathic manual and was an advocate of [[phrenology]].<ref name="James 2007"/> He was a publisher for vegetarian and [[Spiritualism (movement)|spiritualist]] literature.<ref name="James 2007"/> His wife [[Elizabeth Horsell]] was also a vegetarian.<ref name="James 2007"/>


Horsell was a London agent for the [[Fowler & Wells Company]].<ref>LeMaster, J. R; Kummings, Donald D. (1998). ''Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia''. Routledge. p. 230. {{ISBN|0-8153-1876-6}}</ref>
Horsell was a London agent for the [[Fowler & Wells Company]].<ref>LeMaster, J. R; Kummings, Donald D. (1998). ''Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia''. Routledge. p. 230. {{ISBN|0-8153-1876-6}}</ref>
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In 1849, Horsell published [[Asenath Nicholson]]'s ''Kitchen Philosophy for Vegetarians'', in London. A review in the ''Vegetarian Advocate'', noted that "butter and eggs are excluded" from the recipes.<ref>Anonymous. (1849). [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074190300&view=1up&seq=106 ''Kitchen Philosophy for Vegetarians'']. ''The Vegetarian Advocate'' 11 (1): 10.</ref> The [[Vegan Society]] have cited the book as the first vegan cookbook.<ref>[https://www.vegansociety.com/about-us/further-information/key-facts "Key facts"]. The Vegan Society. Retrieved 14 July 2019.</ref>
In 1849, Horsell published [[Asenath Nicholson]]'s ''Kitchen Philosophy for Vegetarians'', in London. A review in the ''Vegetarian Advocate'', noted that "butter and eggs are excluded" from the recipes.<ref>Anonymous. (1849). [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074190300&view=1up&seq=106 ''Kitchen Philosophy for Vegetarians'']. ''The Vegetarian Advocate'' 11 (1): 10.</ref> The [[Vegan Society]] have cited the book as the first vegan cookbook.<ref>[https://www.vegansociety.com/about-us/further-information/key-facts "Key facts"]. The Vegan Society. Retrieved 14 July 2019.</ref>


Horsell died of a fever, while on board the ''Just'', on 23 December 1863, while on an anti-slavery mission to Nigeria. He was buried in Lagos Cemetery, West Africa.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gregory|first=James|title='Zealously affected in a good thing' The publishing career and life of William Horsell (1807‒1863)|url=https://www.academia.edu/4197704|language=en}}</ref>
Horsell died of a fever, while on board the ''Just'', on 23 December 1863, while on an anti-slavery mission to Nigeria. He was buried in Lagos Cemetery, West Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=James |date=2013 |orig-date=2008 |title='Zealously affected in a good thing' The publishing career and life of William Horsell (1807‒1863) |url=https://www.academia.edu/4197704 |access-date=2024-06-28 |publisher=[[Academia.edu]] |page=11 |language=en}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==


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*''[[iarchive:b24921956|Original Views on Diet]]'' (1849)
*''[[iarchive:b24921956|Original Views on Diet]]'' (1849)
*''[[iarchive:7704840.nlm.nih.gov|Hydropathy for the People]]'' (1850)
*''[[iarchive:7704840.nlm.nih.gov|Hydropathy for the People]]'' (1850)
*''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Vegetarian_Armed_at_All_Points_in_wh/xhZB_ZZzXrcC The Vegetarian Armed at All Points]'' (1856)
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xhZB_ZZzXrcC The Vegetarian Armed at All Points]'' (1856)
*''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Science_of_Cooking_Vegetarian_Food_t/k8TlAe907ScC The Science of Cooking Vegetarian Food]'' (1856)
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=k8TlAe907ScC The Science of Cooking Vegetarian Food]'' (1856)


==References==
==References==
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William Horsell
Photograph of William Horsell, by Maull & Polyblank, London, c. 1857
Born(1807-03-31)31 March 1807
Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England
Died23 December 1863(1863-12-23) (aged 56)
Nigeria
Occupation(s)Hydrotherapist, publisher, temperance and vegetarianism activist
SpouseElizabeth Horsell

William Horsell (31 March 1807 – 23 December 1863) was an English hydrotherapist, publisher, and temperance and vegetarianism activist. Horsell published the first vegan cookbook in 1849.

Biography

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William Horsell was born in Brinkworth, Wiltshire on 31 March 1807. Before the age of twenty he was preaching the gospel and became a temperance activist in 1833.[1] In 1838, Horsell established the Anti-Nicotine Society at Congleton, Cheshire.[2] Horsell founded the Nature's Beverage Society in 1842. The Society aimed to spread abstinence from all artificial beverages.[3]

Horsell operated a hydropathic infirmary at Northwood Villa, Ramsgate.[4] It has been described as the first vegetarian hospital in Britain.[5] In 1847, a meeting was held at the hospital from which the Vegetarian Society was formed.[4] Horsell was secretary of the Vegetarian Society for several years.[6] In 1856, Horsell noted that there were a thousand members of the Society.[6] He managed the Society from his London office.[7]

Horsell edited the Truth Tester, which became the Society's official journal.[4] The journal described vegetarianism as "the next practical moral subject which is likely to call forth the virtuous energy of society".[6] In 1850, it was renamed the Vegetarian Advocate.[8] Horsell stepped down as Secretary and his journal ceased in 1850.[9] From 1849, the Vegetarian Society's President James Simpson published the Vegetarian Messenger.[9] In 1850, Simpson moved the Vegetarian Society office to Manchester and Vegetarian Messenger became the Society's official journal.[9] Horsell remained active with the London branch of the Vegetarian Society.[7]

Another publication of Horsell's was the monthly The Journal of Health & Phrenological Magazine which amongst its contributors was the popular temperance lecturer Jabez Inwards, a fellow teetotaler and phrenologist .[10]

He authored a popular hydropathic manual and was an advocate of phrenology.[6] He was a publisher for vegetarian and spiritualist literature.[6] His wife Elizabeth Horsell was also a vegetarian.[6]

Horsell was a London agent for the Fowler & Wells Company.[11]

In 1849, Horsell published Asenath Nicholson's Kitchen Philosophy for Vegetarians, in London. A review in the Vegetarian Advocate, noted that "butter and eggs are excluded" from the recipes.[12] The Vegan Society have cited the book as the first vegan cookbook.[13]

Horsell died of a fever, while on board the Just, on 23 December 1863, while on an anti-slavery mission to Nigeria. He was buried in Lagos Cemetery, West Africa.[14]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74681. Retrieved 6 January 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Blocker, Jack S. Fahey, David M; Tyrrell, Ian R. (2003). Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Enclyopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 634. ISBN 1-57607-833-7
  3. ^ Winskill, Peter Turner. (1891). The Temperance Movement and Its Workers, Volume 2. Blackie & Son. p. 150
  4. ^ a b c Spencer, Colin. (1995). The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism. University Press of New England. p. 252. ISBN 0-87451-708-7
  5. ^ Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England. London: The Ideal Publishing Union. p. 20
  6. ^ a b c d e f Gregory, James. (2007). Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Tauris Academic Studies. pp. 31-52, pp. 72-73, p. 104. ISBN 978-1-84511-379-7
  7. ^ a b "London Vegetarian Association, 1850s - the world's first 'vegan society'" Archived 13 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  8. ^ Puskar-Pasewicz, Margaret. (2010). Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-313-37556-9
  9. ^ a b c "The Origins of the 'Vegetarians'". International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  10. ^ "London Vegans 1856 – Elizabeth And William Horsell". www.happycow.net. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  11. ^ LeMaster, J. R; Kummings, Donald D. (1998). Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 230. ISBN 0-8153-1876-6
  12. ^ Anonymous. (1849). Kitchen Philosophy for Vegetarians. The Vegetarian Advocate 11 (1): 10.
  13. ^ "Key facts". The Vegan Society. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  14. ^ Gregory, James (2013) [2008]. "'Zealously affected in a good thing' The publishing career and life of William Horsell (1807‒1863)". Academia.edu. p. 11. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

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