George Nicholson (printer)

George Nicholson (1760 – 1 November 1825) was a printer, author, and vegetarianism advocate,[1] born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.[2]

He settled in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire in 1808 where he remained until his death in 1825. He was a nationally known printer of the time. His printing press was at 15 Bridge Street and his premises are now a listed building.

Nicholson died in Stourport on 1 November 1825.[3][4]

Selected publications

The Primeval Diet of Man: Arguments in Favour of Vegetable Food: On Man's Conduct to Animals (1801)

References

Henry Salt. International Vegetarian Union (ed.). "History of Vegetarianism - Europe: The Middle Ages to the 18th Century - George Nicholson 1760-1825". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography - George Nicholson
Timperley, Charles Henry. (1842). Encyclopaedia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote. London: Henry G. Bohn. pp. 896-987
Axon, William E. A. (1886). The Annals of Manchester: A Chronological Record from the Earliest Times to the End of 1885. Manchester. p. 170.

External links

George Nicholson from The Ethics of Diet by Howard Williams

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[1] Henry Salt. International Vegetarian Union (ed.). "History of Vegetarianism - Europe: The Middle Ages to the 18th Century - George Nicholson 1760-1825". Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[2] Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography - George Nicholson

[3] Timperley, Charles Henry. (1842). Encyclopaedia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote. London: Henry G. Bohn. pp. 896-987

[4] Axon, William E. A. (1886). The Annals of Manchester: A Chronological Record from the Earliest Times to the End of 1885. Manchester. p. 170.