John B. Gough

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John B. Gough was a 19th-century American orator and reformer renowned for his powerful speeches advocating abstinence from alcohol and promoting the temperance cause.

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instanceOf American lecturer
person
social reformer
temperance orator
activeYearsEnd 1880s
activeYearsStart 1840s
advocated total abstinence pledge
associatedWith Worcester, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
birthDate 1817-08-22
birthPlace Sandgate, Kent, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
cause abstinence from alcohol
temperance
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United States of America
deathDate 1886-02-18
deathPlace Frankford, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
emigratedTo United States of America
emigrationYear 1839
era 19th century
familyName Gough NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork public speaking
temperance reform
fullName John Bartholomew Gough NERFINISHED
genre moral reform oratory
givenName John NERFINISHED
influenced temperance activists in the United States
temperance societies
knownFor autobiographical temperance addresses
dramatic and emotional speaking style
language English
lecturedIn Canada NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
mannerOfDeath collapsed while lecturing
marriagePlace Worcester, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
movement temperance movement
nationality American
notableFor advocacy of total abstinence from alcohol
temperance lectures
occupation lecturer
orator
temperance reformer
originalNationality British
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
spouse Mary W. Farmer NERFINISHED
subjectOf autobiography "Autobiography of John B. Gough" NERFINISHED
biographical studies on temperance orators

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