Thomas Bywater Smithies

Thomas Bywater Smithies
Born27 August 1817
York, England
Died20 July 1883(1883-07-20) (aged 65)
London, England
Resting place
Abney Park Cemetery
Other nameT. B. S.[1]
Occupations
  • Businessperson
  • publisher
  • editor
  • activist
Known for
MotherCatherine Smithies
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Thomas Bywater Smithies (27 August 1817 – 20 July 1883) was an English businessperson, publisher, editor, and campaigner for temperance and animal welfare. He founded and edited the broadsheet periodical The British Workman.

Biography

Smithies was born on 27 August 1817 in York, the second of ten children of James Smithies and Catherine Smithies.[2] His mother campaigned for abolitionism, animal welfare, and temperance. Smithies converted to Methodism at the age of 15 and joined the Methodist Society.[3] The following year, he began work at the Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company.[4] He also worked as a Sunday school teacher and started missionary meetings for children.[5] He became teetotal in 1837, aged 20.[4] Smithies also founded the first temperance society in York.[5]

In 1849, Smithies moved to London to become manager of the Gutta Percha Company.[4] He formed the first Band of Hope in London at the house of his friend Hannah Bevan, with some of her neighbours and children as members.[6] In 1851, he published Sunday Scholars' Friend and the Band of Hope Review (1851–1937). In 1855, he founded The British Workman, which he edited.[7] His later publications included The Infant's Magazine, The Children's Friend, The Family Friend, The Friendly Visitor, and The Weekly Welcome.[3]

In 1879, Smithies published the Band of Mercy Advocate (1879–1934), a periodical for the Bands of Mercy movement founded by his mother.[8]

Smithies died of heart disease on 20 July 1883, aged 65, after a long illness.[3][4] He was buried with his mother in Abney Park Cemetery.[9]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Illustrated Sabbath Facts ; or God's weekly gift for the weary. Reprinted from the "British Workman." [Edited by T.B.S. [i.e. Thomas Bywater Smithies.]". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "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, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "SMITHIES, Thomas Bywater (Editor, "British Workman")". BLT19: 19th-Century Business, Labour, Temperance, & Trade Periodicals. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Smithies, Thomas Bywater". DMBI: A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  6. ↑ 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, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ↑ "British Workman magazine". Archives Hub. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Animals". BLT19: 19th-Century Business, Labour, Temperance, & Trade Periodicals. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Pinching, Albert (9 June 2019). "Wood Green's Obelisk". Hornsey Historical Society. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Illustrated Anecdotes and pithy pieces of prose and verse. Compiled by T.B.S. [i.e. Thomas Bywater Smithies.]". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "The Earlham Series of Tracts. Compiled by T.B.S. [i.e. Thomas Bywater Smithies.]". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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