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Thomas Wyles (22 March 1818 - 16 November 1914) was an English schoolmaster and vegetarianism activist. He was the owner of Allesley Park College in Warwickshire.

Career

Wyles became active in the temperance movement from 1838 and was a pioneer of the United Kingdom Alliance. He was president of the Coventry Temperance Society. He was schoolmaster at Primrose Hill House in Coventry and in 1848 purchased Allesley Park College where he conducted a large resident school until 1886. He moved to Buxton in 1888 and to King's Newton in 1908.

At the age of 91 he guided a group of friends up the Matterhorn in Switzerland. At the age of 92, Wyles stated that he was doing three or four hours hard laborious gardening every day. He was active in his garden until a few days before his death at the age of 96.

Family

He married Ann Mary Foord in 1839 at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Chatham. They had eight children.

Vegetarianism

Wyles was a vegetarian for health reasons. He stated that he became a vegetarian to prolong his life. He commented that he consumed nut butter instead of butter from cows and that he lived on a simple diet of brown bread, fruits and vegetables. He liked to eat boiled cabbage. He was a member of the Vegetarian Society and in 1910 was a speaker at its anniversary conference.

Selected publications

• The Duty of the Schoolmaster: In Relation to the Formation of Character (1865)
• Wyles, Thomas (1876). "Physical Science in Schools". Nature. 13: 454–455. doi:10.1038/013454a0.

References

1. ^ "Mr. Thomas Wyles". The Coventry Standard. November 28, 2024. p. 4.
2. ^ "King's Newton". The Derbyshire Advertiser. November 27, 1914. p. 2.
3. "Allesley Park". Den's Pages. Archived from the original on February 26, 2024.
4. "Coventry Temperance Society". The Coventry Herald. October 5, 1888. p. 5.
5. ^ "Secret of Long Life: Views of a 91 Year Old Mountain Climber". Thomson's Weekly News. October 24, 1908. p. 1.
6. "Live and Let Live: How Vegetarians Do It". The Manchester City News. October 29, 1910. p. 2.
7. "Vegetarians in Conference". The Manchester City News. October 22, 1910. p. 11.

• 1818 births
• 1914 deaths
• English temperance activists
• English vegetarianism activists