1. George Dornbusch was an Austrian-British merchant, publisher and activist.
17 Facts About George Dornbusch
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George Dornbusch was an early advocate for vegetarianism and veganism, and various other causes including abolitionism, anti-vaccination, temperance, women's suffrage and the peace movement.
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George Dornbusch died from bronchitis in 1873 and was buried in Abney Park Cemetery, London.
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Georg George Dornbusch was born near Trieste, then part of the Austrian Empire, on 12 August 1819.
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George Dornbusch became a vegan in 1843, "partaking neither of fish, flesh, fowl, butter, milk, cheese, or eggs, and abstaining from the use of tea, coffee, intoxicating drinks, salt, and tobacco".
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George Dornbusch moved to England from Hamburg in 1845, where he settled in London.
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George Dornbusch's business published The Floating Cargoes Daily List, a private daily trade list detailing the arrival of cargoes from across the globe; the list was published from 1854 to 1873.
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George Dornbusch suffered 23 stab wounds and although he recovered and returned to work; he was permanently disabled.
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George Dornbusch became a leading member of the vegetarian movement in London.
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George Dornbusch named his house "Vegetarian Cottage", and was one of the first members of the Vegetarian Society.
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George Dornbusch served as treasurer of the Stop-the-War League and was a member of the general committee of the Emancipation Society, along with John Stuart Mill.
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George Dornbusch was involved with the Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League and the National Society for Women's Suffrage, serving on the central committee from 1871 to 1872.
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In December 1846, George Dornbusch married Johanna Wilhelmine Amalie Siemers, the daughter of a Hamburg merchant.
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George Dornbusch later married Emma Wallis, his former housekeeper, and they had three children.
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George Dornbusch was active in the spiritualism movement and was a Theosophist.
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George Dornbusch died of bronchitis at his home in South Hackney on 5 February 1873, at the age of 53.
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George Dornbusch's great-great-grandson was the space scientist Kevin Beurle, a fifth-generation vegetarian.