Thomas Edward Nuttall
Thomas Edward Nuttall
| Dr Thomas Edward Nuttall MD FGS JP | |||||||||
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| Born | 1861 | ||||||||
| Died | 1929 | ||||||||
| Residence | Middleton, Huncoat, Accrington | ||||||||
| Occupation | medical | ||||||||
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1913.11.05 proposed by Arthur Keith, seconded by T.C. Hodson
death noted in the Report of the Council for 1929
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T.E. Nuttall who was mayor from 9th November 1909 to 8th November 1910
Born at the village of Huncoat, near Accrington, forty-nine years ago, Dr Nuttall commenced life with the certainty that whateve prosperity came to him must necessarily be the result of his own efforts. Happily, his father, though a coal-miner, was a man of considerable education, with a special taste for mathematics and from him the boy imbibed a love of learning which has clung to him throughout his career. An early scholar in the village elementary school, he was quickly proficient in the rudiments of education, and, like many others of that period, acknowledges warmly the educational benefits received in addition at a Wesleyan Sunday school ...
After leaving school he entered a mill as weaver ... arduous days at the mill were followed by nights of study, and without any intermission of his daily toil he matriculated at Edinburgh University. ... after four and a half years at the University he obtained his medical and surgical degrees. ... In 1892, at Accrington, he laid the foundations of a medical practice which soon reached very great proportions ... Ten years ago Dr Nuttall was appointed District Medical Officer for the Haslingden Union, and he is the Certifying Factory Surgeon for Accrington under the Home Office ... Dr Nuttall's zeal for Temperance reform has made him the only enemies he has. He is not beloved of 'The Trade'. ...
He became a Councillor in 1895, and was elected Alderman in 1907. As Chairman of Committees he has been instrumental in putting the Public Baths system on a sound basis, believing that in a town like Accrington a conquest over dirt, disease, and death is more important than the greatest military feats in history ...
A convinced and earnest Liberal, Dr Nuttall is the friend of any movement which has as its watchword, Great Britain, sober, prosperous, happy, and contented. His social creed is to ensure national strength and vigour by banishing insanitariness and introducing sweetness and light into the homes of the people; to provide spacious, well-lighted schools, and workshops that do not foster disease and death among the workers; to see to the maintenance in comfort among thir own loved ones of all workers who are past working age; and, as a touch of perfection and permanency, to teach young people 'the great morals which lie at the root of all civilisation and common Christianity".
Personally, Dr Nuttall has qualities which inspire loyal and admiring friendship. He is modest and unassuming, but a stickler for principle who is never shaken from well-grounded convictions. His mayoral responsibilities are shared by one who has proved a charming and gracious mayoress, Dr Nuttall being married to a daughter of the late Mr John Ramsbottom, formerly of Accrington and subsequently of Leeds.
After his year of office this 'self-made man' anticipatess a further course of literary study, and hopes to devote the greater part of his time to the preparation and delivery of literary and Temperance lectures. His pulpit activity, too, is probably to be increased. [from newspaper cutting From weaver boy to mayor ... by Robert A. Duncan, 1910]
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The action of alcohol on the human organism
