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Thomas Bywater Smithies

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Thomas Bywater Smithies
Born27 August 1817
York, England
Died20 July 1883 (1883-07-21) (aged 65)
London, England
Occupation(s)Editor, publisher, campaigner
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Thomas Bywater Smithies (27 August 1817 – 20 July 1883) was an English radical publisher and campaigner for temperance and animal welfare. He was the founder and editor of the broadsheet periodical The British Workman.

Biography

Smithies was born in York, to James and Catherine Smithies, the second of ten children.[1] His mother was a campaigner for abolitionism, animal welfare and temperance. He was converted to Methodism at age 15, joining the Methodist Society.[2] The following year, he started work at the Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company,[3] where he worked for 18 years, while also working as a Sunday school teacher.[2] He became teetotal in 1837, aged 20.[3]

In 1849, Smithies moved to London to become the manager of the Gutta Percha Company.[3] The first "Band of Hope" in London was formed at Hannah Bevan's house and it included some of her neighbours and children.[4] In 1851, he published Sunday Scholars' Friend and the Band of Hope Review (1851–1937). This was followed by The British Workman in 1855; edited by Smithies.[5] Subsequent publications included The Infant's Magazine, The Children's Friend, The Family Friend, The Friendly Visitor, and The Weekly Welcome.[2]

In 1879, he published the Band of Mercy Advocate (1879–1934), a periodical for the Bands of Mercy movement, which was founded by his mother.[6]

On 20 July 1883, after a period of long illness, Smithies died of heart disease, aged 67.[2][3] He was buried with his mother in Abney Park Cemetery.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Smithies, Thomas Bywater (1817–1883), campaigner for temperance and for animal welfare campaigner for animal welfare". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74113. Retrieved 22 June 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c d Stevenson, George John (1884). Methodist Worthies: Characteristic Sketches of Methodist Preachers of the Several Denominations, with Historical Sketch of Each Connexion. London: T. C. Jack. pp. 588–591.
  3. ^ a b c d "SMITHIES, Thomas Bywater (Editor, "British Workman")". BLT19: 19th-Century Business, Labour, Temperance, & Trade Periodicals. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ^ Phillips, Amanda (23 September 2004). "Bevan [née Bennett], Hannah Marishall (1798–1874), philanthropist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/45524. Retrieved 31 July 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "British Workman magazine". Archives Hub. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Animals". BLT19: 19th-Century Business, Labour, Temperance, & Trade Periodicals. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  7. ^ Pinching, Albert (9 June 2019). "Wood Green's Obelisk". Hornsey Historical Society. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

Further reading

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