George Jacob Holyoake

Standard Name: Holyoake, George Jacob

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Dedications Florence Dixie
It had existed in manuscript in some form by 1877, when FD drafted her First Preface to it.
Dixie, Florence, and George Jacob Holyoake. Isola. Leadenhall Press, 1903.
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She dedicated the book to George Jacob Holyoakein admiration of his long and courageous fight...
Literary responses Florence Dixie
Holyoake , the dedicatee, in his prefatory piece (like W. Stewart Ross commenting on The Story of Ijain) defends FD 's work not only by assertion (it is a a marvel of thought...
politics Helen Taylor
HT campaigned as the liberal candidate for North Camberwell on a platform of legal reform in favour of women's rights, as well as improved working conditions and wage increases for the working classes.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
She received...

Timeline

Probably 1888: The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) made...

Building item

Probably 1888

The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) made its first international contact: Emilie Holyoake spoke about the WCG at the French Co-operative congress at Tours.
Blaszak, Barbara J. George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906) and the Development of the British Cooperative Movement. E. Mellen, 1988.
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Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Holyoake (later Emilie Holyoake-Marsh) was the daughter of George Jacob Holyoake

Texts

Holyoake, George Jacob, and Florence Dixie. “Characteristics of the Drama”. Isola, Leadenhall Press; Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1903, p. xi - xiv.
Dixie, Florence, and George Jacob Holyoake. Isola. Leadenhall Press, 1903.