George Bedborough Higgs was born in St Giles, London, on 10 January 1868.
20 Facts About George Bedborough
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George Bedborough's father was a retired Church of England preacher and his mother was a poet.
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George Bedborough was educated at Dulwich College and began work at the age of 16, founding the Workhouse Aid Society with W T Stead.
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In 1887, Bedborough was present at Bloody Sunday, in Trafalgar Square.
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George Bedborough later wrote for a number of publications including the Sunday Chronicle, Shafts, University Magazine, the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle and South London Mail.
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From 1891 to 1892, George Bedborough was a member of the National Society of Lanternists.
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George Bedborough occasionally worked as a lantern operator and gave lectures.
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George Bedborough was a member of the Legitimation League and edited its journal The Adult between 1897 and 1898; the League advocated for the legitimation of illegitimate children and free love.
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George Bedborough married for the sake of his family and had an open relationship with his wife Louie.
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George Bedborough was indicated for his articles published in The Adult.
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George Bedborough had been under surveillance because of the suspected anarchist connections of the League; George Bedborough, himself, was not an anarchist.
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Just before being prosecuted, George Bedborough collaborated with the police and pled guilty on three counts.
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George Bedborough became a vegetarian, in 1902, after Moses Harman visited his home and suggested they visit meat-packing houses to see if George Bedborough would remain a meat-eater.
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In 1906, George Bedborough became the editor of The Children's Realm, a children's magazine published by the Vegetarian Federal Union and London Vegetarian Society, remaining as editor for the majority of its existence; the magazine ceased publication in 1914.
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George Bedborough was a contributor to the American Journal of Eugenics, published between 1907 and 1910.
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George Bedborough was an active member of the discussion circles of the feminist journal The Freewoman, which was published between 1911 and 1912.
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George Bedborough published three books of aphorisms, Narcotics and a Few Stimulants, Vacant Chaff Well Meant for Grain and Subtilty to the Simple and one book of Epigrams, Vulgar Fractions.
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In 1914, Bedborough published Stories from the Children's Realm, a children's story book with animal rights, anti-vivisection and vegetarian themes; it contained several illustrations by L A Hayter, former illustrator and contributor to The Children's Realm.
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George Bedborough published The Atheist in 1919, a poem which advocated for atheism and was critical of the killing of animals for human consumption; it was dedicated to Anatole France.
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George Bedborough's last work Prayer: An Indictment, published in 1938, was a secular criticism of prayer.