Dr. Horace Page FLETCHER
1849 - 1919 (69 years)
Person ID: I539037564 | Last Modified: 10 Apr 2024
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Name Horace Page FLETCHER Title Dr. Birth 10 Aug 1849 Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 12 Jan 1919 Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark [1] Buried Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA [1] Notes - Nutritionist, Activist, Author. He was born into a prosperous family in the newly incorporated industrial city of Lawrence, Massachusetts and was educated at Dartmouth College. A successful businessman, he experienced severe health issues due to his obesity. With the intention to lose weight and gain strength he became a self-taught nutritionist who experimented with diet. He advocated food be chewed until it was liquefied before swallowing which led to his being nicknamed the ‘Great Masticator'. He led the clean living and scientific eating movement between 1895 and 1919 along with such notables as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Through publications and lecture circuit tours he made millions of dollars promoting his dietetic beliefs. His dieting advice and lifestyle philosophy was called 'Fletcherizing', a term he coined in his 1913 book "Fletcherism: What It I What It Is or How I Became Young at Sixty." He attained worldwide notoriety which was aided by his ability to create catchy slogans such as "Nature will castigate those who don't masticate" and "Do not eat when you are sad or mad; only when you are glad". Upton Sinclair and John D. Rockefeller were among those who followed his nutritional dogma. Henry James and Mark Twain were visitors to his palatial home in Venice, Italy. During World War I he was appointed as a food economist for the commission for relief in Belgium (CRB) serving under future president Herbert Hoover. After his death, Fletcherizing was relegated to a fad and Fetcher himself was categorized as somewhat of crackpot. However, a few of his dieting claims have gained credibility in recent times such as chewing slowly; eating only when you are hungry; and avoiding mindless eating.
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Parents
Father Isaac FLETCHER (ID:I539037566), b. 3 Jun 1809, Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Maine, USA d. 20 Aug 1885, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 76 years) Relationship Birth Mother Mary Ann BLAKE (ID:I539037567), b. 31 Aug 1811, Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Maine, USA d. 11 Nov 1883, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 72 years) Relationship Birth Marriage Yes, date unknown Children + 1. Dr. Horace Page FLETCHER (ID:I539037564)
(current person)
, b. 10 Aug 1849, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Jan 1919, Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark (Age 69 years) -
Family
Wife Grace Adelaide MARSH (ID:I539037553), b. 22 Sep 1857, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA d. 12 Jan 1942, Finchley, Middlesex, England (Age 84 years)
Marriage Yes, date unknown Children + 1. 
Ivy Grace Ethel FLETCHER (ID:I539037565), b. 21 May 1877, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA d. 23 Oct 1962, Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England (Age 85 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Ernest Herbert VAN SOMEREN m. Yes, date unknow -
Other Personal Events
Certificate of Registration of American CitizenNov 1899 Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy [2] Obituary16 Jan 1919 Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA [3] Patriarch & Matriarch 
Isaac FLETCHER, b. 3 Jun 1809, Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Maine, USAd. 20 Aug 1885, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 76 years) (Father) 
Mary Ann BLAKE, b. 31 Aug 1811, Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Maine, USAd. 11 Nov 1883, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 72 years) (Mother) -
Photos Horace Fletcher Documents 
US Consular Registration Certificates 1907-1918 Volumes 1-40 13 6001 to 6500 Headstones 
Horace Fletcher Obituaries 
Obituary for Horace Fletcher
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Event Map
Birth - 10 Aug 1849 - Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 
Certificate of Registration of American Citizen - Nov 1899 - Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy 
Died - 12 Jan 1919 - Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark 
Buried - - Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 
Obituary - 16 Jan 1919 - Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Reference Mark and Amy Kosinski. "Dr. Horace Page FLETCHER". Four Branches Genealogy. http://www.fourbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I539037564&tree=mhkr (accessed May 13, 2024).
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Source Citations
- [S2786] Originally Created by: Stories Of The Gilded Age Maintained by: Find a Grave, Find a Grave Memorial ID: 191633195, 191633195.
- [S2789] United States Department of State, US Consular Registration Certificates 1907-1918 Volumes 1-40 13 6001 to 6500 for Horace Fletcher, 0270.
- [S2790] Burlington Weekly Free Press Burlington, Vermont, Obituary for Horace FLETCHER, 11.