Joseph Wallace (vegetarian)
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Joseph Wallace | |
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 Portrait from Fifty Years of Food Reform (1898) | |
| Born | c. 1821 Ireland |
| Died | (aged 89) London, England |
Resting place | Brookwood Cemetery |
| Other names | Lux et Lux |
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| Known for | Activism for vegetarianism and against vaccination |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 7 |
Joseph Wallace (born c. 1821 – 29 April 1910) was an Irish–British alternative medicine practitioner, patent medicine creator, writer, and activist. He developed the "Wallace system", promoting a vegetarian diet free of fermented foods, and sold patented medicines alongside consultations. With his wife, Chandos Leigh Hunt, he co-authored Physianthropy (1885) under the pseudonym Lex et Lux.
Wallace originally worked in the business of malting and distilling.[1] He was the creator of the "Wallace system", a method for the cure and eradication of disease.[1][2] The system included a vegetarian diet, free from fermented foods; its followers were known as "Wallaceites".[3] Wallace patented, prepared and sold several medicines, while also providing consultations.[4]
In 1878 he married Chandos Leigh Hunt,[5] his former patient and pupil.[6] In 1885, with his wife, he co-wrote Physianthropy: Or, the Home Cure and Eradication of Disease, writing under the pseudonym "Lex et Lux".[2]
In October 1905, a meeting was held at Congregational Memorial Hall, London, for octogenarian vegetarians. Those who delivered speeches included Wallace (then aged 84), C. P. Newcombe, T. A. Hanson, Samuel Saunders, John E. B. Mayor and Samuel Pitman, brother of Isaac Pitman.[7]
Wallace died at Russell Square, London on 29 April 1910, at the age of 89.[8][9] He was buried at Brookwood Cemetery on 3 May.[8]