John Wilhelm Rowntree
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John Wilhelm Rowntree (September 4, 1868 – March 9, 1905) was a chocolate and confectionery manufacturer and Quaker religious activist and reformer[1] [2].
He was born September 4, 1868 in York, the eldest son of Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925) and his second wife, Antoinette Seebohm (1846–1924).
He was a successful businessman, vastly expanding the already successful family chocolate business.
He played a large part in enabling the Religious Society of Friends to incorporate an understanding of modern science (such as the theory of evolution), modern biblical criticism, and the social meaning of Jesus's teaching into their belief systems. He helped establish Woodbrooke, the Quaker study centre in Bourneville, Birmingham.
He died March 9, 1905, in New York
[edit] Publications
- A History of the Adult School Movement (with Henry Bryan Binns). 1903.
- Essays and addresses. 1905.
- The Lay Ministry
- Man's Relation to God, and other addresses ... With life of the author (compiled by S. Elizabeth Robson from the introductions written by Joshua Rowntree to “Essays and Addresses” and “Palestine Notes” 1917
- Palestine Notes, and other papers ... Edited by Joshua Rowntree.1906.
- Present Day Papers. Vol. 1 edited ... by J. W. Rowntree. (Vol. 2-5, etc., edited by J. W. Rowntree and H. B. Binns.).1898-1902.
[edit] References
- ^ ODNB article by Edward H. Milligan, ‘Rowntree, John Wilhelm (1868–1905)’,[1] accessed 20 Jan 2007
- ^ Allott, Stephen (1994). John Wilhelm Rowntree (1868-1905) and the beginnings of Modern Quakerism. York: Sessions Book Trust, 138. ISBN 1-85072-137-8.
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Rowntree,John Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Businessman, Religious reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | York |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1905 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | New York |
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