About J. P. Sandlands
Lived 1838 – 1915 (aged 76–77). J. P. Sandlands was a British writer.
John Poole Sandlands (1838 – 30 January 1915) was an English clergyman, naturopath and vegetarianism activist.
Biography
Sandlands was born in Dawley, Shropshire, one of the nine children of John Sandlands, a saddler, and Mary Ann his wife.
After initially working as a school master (recorded in the 1861 census), He was the curate of St. Luke's, Hanley (1866–1869) and vicar of Brigstock, Northamptonshire (1869–1873). Sandlands was a non-smoker, teetotaller and vegetarian who opposed the consumption of white bread.
Selected publications
The Voice of Public Speaking (1879) How to Develop General Vocal Power (1886) How to Be Well: Or the Principles of Health (1896) Fallacies in Present-Day Thought (1902) Natural Food (1902) Sanitation Personal and Public (1902) "Science in the Daily Meal" Criticised, Or Plasmon Confounded (1903) Corpulence, A Case and Cure: Or Why Grow Fat? (1903) Health: A Royal Road to It (1909)
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Who was J. P. Sandlands?
English clergyman and author
When was J. P. Sandlands born?
J. P. Sandlands was born in 1838 in Dawley, Shropshire.
When did J. P. Sandlands die?
J. P. Sandlands died on 30 January 1915 in Brigstock, Northamptonshire.
What was J. P. Sandlands's occupation?
J. P. Sandlands was a writer.
What nationality was J. P. Sandlands?
J. P. Sandlands was British.
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