biography
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| (1794–1851)
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| biography:
| Writer and reformer, born in West Suffield, Connecticut, USA. He was a temperance lecturer whose programmes came to include advocacy of vegetarianism, fresh foods, cold showers, lighter clothing, and exercise. From his recommended coarsely ground whole wheat flour, known as graham flour, he developed the graham cracker. His popularity in the 1830s attracted faddists whose extreme pronouncements unfairly drew ridicule on Graham's own common-sense regimen. Much of his agenda for healthier living was endorsed by the late 20th-c. |
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