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| Born | (1825-04-16)16 April 1825 Nr. Halifax, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 11 December 1869(1869-12-11) (aged 44) |
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Edward Hooson (16 April 1825 – 11 December 1869) was an English Chartist, co-operator, and a wire drawer by trade.
Biography
Hooson 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. 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. In the 1860s he was chairman of the Manchester branch of the Reform League.
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.
Hooson died aged 44 on 11 December 1869 and was buried in Ardwick Cemetery in Manchester.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.