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7. Sept. 2023 · We caught up with Walker Cup star John Gough as he made his professional golf debut on the DP World Tour at the Irish Open. It sounds like something of a paradox but, for a man who has displayed admirable patience in recent years, Gough is now a man in a hurry.
Background Notes. Although relatively unknown today, John B. Gough (1817-1886) was an international celebrity during his own lifetime. He was a temperance reformer and lecturer who delivered some 9,000 lectures to more than nine million people throughout the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Canada, France, and Switzerland.
13. Feb. 2024 · Autobiography and personal recollections of John B. Gough: with twenty-six years' experience as a public speaker ; illustrated by George Cruikshank and others Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitt ...
29. Juni 2023 · Amateur John Gough grasps his chance at The Belfry. News. Amateur John Gough grasps his chance at The Belfry. Thursday, June 29, 2023. Amateur John Gough was delighted to make the most of his opportunity as he carded an opening 68 at the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo.
Life. John Gough was born in Kendal, Westmorland, on 17 January 1757, the eldest child of Nathan Gough (died 1800) and his wife, Susannah (1731–1798). Gough's father was a wool dyer and shearman dyer, [1] while his mother was the eldest daughter of John Wilson, a prosperous farmer with an estate on the west bank of Windermere.
This primary source, J.B. Gough: a sketch of his life, work, and orations, in America and Great Britain, with portrait & personal description, was published in London in 1878 as a promotional tract for the temperance cause.
In 1842 John B. Gough took the pledge in Worcester, Massachusetts and began a career of lecturing against the evils of drink. He frequently drew upon his own experiences. One contemporary called him "the poet of the D.T.s." Over the more than forty years he campaigned against drinking, Gough gave upwards of 9,600 lectures to more than nine million people in America, Canada,
