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Thomas Sturge, the Glossary

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Thomas Sturge (1787–1866) was a British oil merchant, shipowner, cement manufacturer, railway company director, social reformer and philanthropist.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 39 relations: Abolitionism, Antarctic, Anti-Slavery Society (1823–1838), Balleny Islands, Bermondsey, Cement, Cement kiln, Eastern Union Railway, Elephant and Castle, Elhanan Bicknell, Hospital ship, J. M. W. Turner, John Balleny, Joseph Sturge, London Bridge, Newington Butts, Northfleet, Philanthropy, Philip Hoare, Portland cement, Quakers, Quakers in the abolition movement, Robert Moffat (missionary), Royal Academy of Arts, Seafarers Hospital Society, Ship-owner, South Seas, Southwark St John Horsleydown, Spermaceti, Sturge Island, Tallow, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Thomas Sturge the elder, West Hartlepool, Whale oil, Whaler, William Wilberforce, William Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1751), Zachary Macaulay.

  2. Companies based in the London Borough of Southwark
  3. Exploration of Antarctica
  4. Whaling firms
  5. Whaling in the United Kingdom

Abolitionism

Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world.

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Antarctic

The Antarctic (or, American English also or; commonly) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole.

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Anti-Slavery Society (1823–1838)

The Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions, founded in 1823 and known as the London Anti-Slavery Society during 1838 before ceasing to exist in that year, was commonly referred to as the Anti-Slavery Society.

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Balleny Islands

The Balleny Islands are a series of uninhabited islands in the Southern Ocean extending from 66°15' to 67°35'S and 162°30' to 165°00'E.

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Bermondsey

Bermondsey is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross.

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Cement

A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together.

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Cement kiln

Cement kilns are used for the pyroprocessing stage of manufacture of portland and other types of hydraulic cement, in which calcium carbonate reacts with silica-bearing minerals to form a mixture of calcium silicates. Thomas Sturge and cement kiln are cement.

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Eastern Union Railway

The Eastern Union Railway (EUR) was an English railway company, at first built from Colchester to Ipswich; it opened in 1846.

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Elephant and Castle

Elephant and Castle is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark.

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Elhanan Bicknell

Elhanan Bicknell (21 December 1788 – 27 November 1861) was a successful London businessman and shipowner. Thomas Sturge and Elhanan Bicknell are British people in whaling, Companies based in the London Borough of Southwark and whaling firms.

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Hospital ship

A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital.

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J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist.

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John Balleny

John Balleny (1857) was the English captain of the sealing schooner, who led an exploration cruise for the English whaling firm Samuel Enderby & Sons to the Antarctic in 1838–1839. Thomas Sturge and John Balleny are British people in whaling.

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Joseph Sturge

Joseph Sturge (2 August 1793 – 14 May 1859) was an English Quaker, abolitionist and activist. Thomas Sturge and Joseph Sturge are 19th-century English businesspeople, English Quakers, English abolitionists and Quaker abolitionists.

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London Bridge

The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London since Roman times.

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Newington Butts

Newington Butts is a former hamlet, now an area of the London Borough of Southwark, London, England, that gives its name to a segment of the A3 road running south-west from the Elephant and Castle junction.

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Northfleet

Northfleet is a town in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life".

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Philip Hoare

Philip Hoare is a British writer, film-maker and curator.

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Portland cement

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout. Thomas Sturge and Portland cement are cement.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Quakers in the abolition movement

The Religious Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, played a major role in the abolition movement against slavery in both the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Robert Moffat (missionary)

Robert Moffat (21 December 1795 – 9 August 1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa from 1817–1870.

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Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly in London, England.

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Seafarers Hospital Society

The Seafarers Hospital Society, formerly the Seamen's Hospital Society, is a charity for people currently or previously employed by the British Merchant Navy and fishing fleets, and their families.

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Ship-owner

A shipowner, ship owner or ship-owner is the owner of a ship.

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South Seas

Today the term South Seas, or South Sea, most commonly refers to the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of the equator.

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Southwark St John Horsleydown

Southwark St John Horsleydown was a small parish on the south bank of the River Thames in London, opposite the Tower of London.

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Spermaceti

Spermaceti is a waxy substance found in the head cavities of the sperm whale (and, in smaller quantities, in the oils of other whales).

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Sturge Island

Sturge Island is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean.

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Tallow

Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton suet, primarily made up of triglycerides.

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, (25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian, poet, and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848.

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Thomas Sturge the elder

Thomas Sturge the Elder (1749 – 11 August 1825) was a London tallow chandler, oil merchant, spermaceti processor and philanthropist. Thomas Sturge and Thomas Sturge the elder are 19th-century English businesspeople, English Quakers and English philanthropists.

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West Hartlepool

West Hartlepool was a predecessor of Hartlepool, County Durham, England.

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Whale oil

Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales.

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Whaler

A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales.

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William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. Thomas Sturge and William Wilberforce are English abolitionists and English philanthropists.

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William Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1751)

Admiral Sir William Young GCB (16 August 1751 – 25 October 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Zachary Macaulay

Zachary Macaulay (Sgàire MacAmhlaoibh; 2 May 1768 – 13 May 1838) was a Scottish statistician and abolitionist who was a founder of London University and of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and a Governor of British Sierra Leone.

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See also

Companies based in the London Borough of Southwark

Exploration of Antarctica

Whaling firms

Whaling in the United Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sturge