Edward Hooson
English chartist and co-operator
About Edward Hooson
Lived 1825 – 1869 (aged 44). Edward Hooson was a British wire drawer.
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. 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.
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Who was Edward Hooson?
English chartist and co-operator (1825–1869)
When was Edward Hooson born?
Edward Hooson was born on 16 April 1825 in Halifax.
When did Edward Hooson die?
Edward Hooson died on 11 December 1869.
What was Edward Hooson's occupation?
Edward Hooson was a wire drawer.
What nationality was Edward Hooson?
Edward Hooson was British.
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