Edward Hooson (16 April 1825 – 11 December 1869) was an English Chartist, co-operator, and a wire drawer by trade.[1][2]
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| Born | 16 April 1825 |
| Died | 11 December 1869 (aged 44) |
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Biography
editHooson was born near Halifax, Yorkshire, and had a limited education. He apprenticed as a wire drawer before moving to Manchester, where he became active in the chartist movement. He became close friends with the chartist poet Ernest Jones.[1] He was a co-founder of the Union and Emancipation Society based in Manchester, an influential abolitionist campaign supporting the Union in the American Civil War.[2][3] In the 1860s he was chairman of the Manchester branch of the Reform League.[1]
He was a founding member of the North of England Co-operative Wholesale Society (later the CWS) and served on the committee from 1866 until his death.[2]
Hooson died aged 44 on 11 December 1869 and was buried in Ardwick Cemetery in Manchester.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Bellamy, Joyce; Bing, H. F. (1972). "HOOSON, Edward (1825–69)". In Bellamy, Joyce M.; Saville, John (eds.). Dictionary of Labour Biography, Volume I. Internet Archive. London: Macmillan. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-333-42757-6.
- ^ a b c Redfern, Percy (1913). The Story of the C.W.S: The Jubilee History of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Limited. 1863-1913. Wellcome Library. London: The Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited. p. 383.
- ^ Brown, David. "Britain and the American Civil War: A Case Study of the Union and Emancipation Society". The University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.