Jabez Inwards
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| Born | 23 April 1817 Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, England |
| Died | 21 December 1880 (aged 63) Kentish Town, London, England |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
| Occupations | Temperance lecturer and phrenologist |
Jabez Inwards was a popular Victorian temperance lecturer and phrenologist.
The son of pious parents, Jabez Inwards had an imposing six foot tall figure with a large frame to match. Blessed with natural wit and an open disposition, he started his temperance career lecturing in the villages of Bedfordshire around Houghton Regis, the towns of his birth. His eloquence and fluency of speech in proclaiming and defending total abstinence proved to be very persuasive and his reputation spread beyond his neighbourhood.[2]
In 1855 he moved to London with his family, where his services were much in demand at temperance gatherings. He also gave lectures on phrenology, astronomy as well as preaching the Gospel and delivered lectures on life assurance, as a travelling agent of the British Equitable Assurance Society. Over a thirty year period his diaries show that he delivered an average of four addresses a week.[2] He also wrote several books and published texts of his lectures.
Inwards was a vegan, contributing to the monthly The Journal of Health & Phrenological Magazine published by fellow teetotaler and phrenologist William Horsell.[3]
