George Holyoake

==Early life==

==Early life==

[[File:The lower section of the Reformers memorial, Kensal Green Cemetery.jpg|thumb|left|Holyoake’s name on the lower section of the Reformers memorial, Kensal Green Cemetery]]

[[File:The lower section of the Reformers memorial, Kensal Green Cemetery.jpg|thumb|left|Holyoake’s name on the lower section of the Reformers memorial, Kensal Green Cemetery]]

George Jacob Holyoake was born in [[Birmingham]], where his father worked as a [[whitesmith]] and his mother as a button maker. He attended a [[dame school]], but began working half-days at the same foundry as his father at the age of eight and learnt his trade. At 18 he began attending lectures at the Birmingham [[Mechanics’ Institute]], where he lit upon the [[socialist]] writings of [[Robert Owen]] and later became an assistant lecturer. He married Eleanor Williams in 1839 and decided to become a full-time teacher, but was rejected for his [[socialism|socialist]] views.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Holyoake |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/PRholyoak.htm |access-date=16 December 2020 |website=Spartacus Educational}}</ref> Unable to teach full-time, Holyoake took a job as an [[Owenite]] social missionary. His first posting was in Worcester; the following year he was transferred to a more important one in Sheffield.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://spartacus-educational.com/PRholyoak.htm |title=George Holyoake}}</ref>

George Jacob Holyoake was born in [[Birmingham]], where his father worked as a [[whitesmith]] and his mother as a button maker. He attended a [[dame school]]and a Wesleyan Sunday School<ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/George_Jacob_Holyoake_%28IA_georgejacobholyo00mccaiala%29.pdf</ref>. He began working half-days at the same foundry as his father at the age of eight and learnt his trade. At 18 he began attending lectures at the Birmingham [[Mechanics’ Institute]], where he lit upon the [[socialist]] writings of [[Robert Owen]] and later became an assistant lecturer. He married Eleanor Williams in 1839 and decided to become a full-time teacher, but was rejected for his [[socialism|socialist]] views.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Holyoake |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/PRholyoak.htm |access-date=16 December 2020 |website=Spartacus Educational}}</ref> Unable to teach full-time, Holyoake took a job as an [[Owenite]] social missionary. His first posting was in Worcester; the following year he was transferred to a more important one in Sheffield.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://spartacus-educational.com/PRholyoak.htm |title=George Holyoake}}</ref>

==Owenism==

==Owenism==