R. Bailey Walker
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| Born | Robert Bailey Walker 7 October 1839 |
| Died | 28 May 1885 (aged 46) |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
Robert Bailey Walker (7 October 1839 – 28 May 1885) was an English clergyman and vegetarianism activist who served as secretary of the Vegetarian Society.
Career
[edit]Walker was born at Bamber Bridge in 1839.[1] He was secretary of the Free and Open Church Movement in Manchester and was editor of the Industrial Partnerships Record. He was the first editor of Co-operative News.[1][2] He read papers before the British Association, Social Science Congress and Manchester Statistical Society.[1] He was a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.[3]
He was a founder of the Ruskin Society.[1][4] Walker was a teetotaller and received the pledge from Joseph Livesey.[5] He was secretary of the Manchester and Salford Temperance Union. He maintained a correspondence with many social reform advocates around the world.[5] He wife was Dora Bailey Walker.[6]
Walker was a strict vegetarian. He became secretary of the Vegetarian Society in 1870 and was the editor of its magazine, The Dietetic Reformer.[1] He was the first vice-president of the Order of the Golden Age.[7] He was ordained as an Anglican in December 1884 at Manchester Cathedral and was honorary curate of St. Clement's Church in Longsight.[1][4][5]
Death
[edit]Walker died at St Leonards-on-Sea from the effects of a violent cold, aged 46.[1][8] His funeral took place on June 2, 1885, at St John the Evangelist's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea and at Hastings Cemetery. William E. A. Axon and other friends attended.[5]
A fund und was set up by the Committee of the Vegetarian Society in Walker's honour to raise funds for his three children and widow.[5] Those who donated included notable vegetarians James Clark, Arnold Hills, Anna Kingsford, Edward Maitland, W. J. Monk, Isaac Pitman, John E. B. Mayor and Howard Williams.[5]
Selected publications
[edit]Walker authored many pamphlets; a full list was published in his obituary in The Dietetic Reformer in 1885:[5]
- The Old Oak Tree (1866)
- Arrangement of Work (1869)
- English Gleanings (1870)
- The Free Church and Offertory Movement (1871)
- Sketches of the Coroner's Court (1872)
- Sketches, Dietetic and Literary (1876)
- "Among the Cistercians at Mount St. Bernard" (PDF). Good Health. 14 (2): 39–41. 1879.
- Ten Year's Dietetic Crusade (1880)
- Almonds and Raisins: The Vegetarian Society's Annual (1884)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England. London: The Ideal Publishing Union. p. 163.
- ^ Axon, William E. A. (1886). The Annals of Manchester: A Chronological Record from the Earliest Times to the End of 1885. Manchester: J. Heywood, Deansgate and Ridgefield. p. 329.
- ^ "Fellows". Journal of the Statistical Society. 48: 342. 1885.
- ^ a b Vincent, John (2003). The Diaries of Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-93) Between 1878 and 1893. Leopard's Head Press. p. 490. ISBN 978-0904920451.
- ^ a b c d e f g "In Memoriam: Robert Bailey Walker". The Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger. 12 (163): 192–197. 1885.
- ^ Gregory, James Richard Thomas Elliott (2002). "Biographical Index of British Vegetarians and Food reformers of the Victorian Era". The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1840–1901: A Study of Its Development, Personnel and Wider Connections (PDF). Vol. 2. University of Southampton. p. 121.
- ^ Gregory, James Richard Thomas Elliott (2002). The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1840–1901: A Study of Its Development, Personnel and Wider Connections (PDF). Vol. 2. University of Southampton. p. 331.
- ^ "Scientific News". English Mechanic and World of Science. 41: 299. 1885.
