William Horsell was an English hydrotherapist, publisher, and temperance and vegetarianism activist.
12 Facts About William Horsell
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William Horsell was born in Brinkworth, Wiltshire on 31 March 1807.
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In 1838, Horsell established the Anti-Nicotine Society at Congleton, Cheshire.
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William Horsell was secretary of the Vegetarian Society for several years.
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In 1856, William Horsell noted that there were a thousand members of the Society.
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William Horsell edited the Truth Tester, which became the Society's official journal.
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William Horsell stepped down as Secretary and his journal ceased in 1850.
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William Horsell remained active with the London branch of the Vegetarian Society.
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William Horsell authored a popular hydropathic manual and was an advocate of phrenology.
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William Horsell was a publisher for vegetarian and spiritualist literature.
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In 1849, William Horsell published Asenath Nicholson's Kitchen Philosophy for Vegetarians, in London.
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William Horsell died of a fever, while on board the Just, on 23 December 1863, while on an anti-slavery mission to Nigeria.