Dr. William Price (4 March 1800 – 23 January 1893)^[1] of Pontypridd, South Wales, was a physician and a famous eccentric, best known for introducing cremation to the United Kingdom. He was born in Rudry. As a child, Price caused consternation by walking the hills naked. In 1820 Price went to study medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. He also studied in Caerphilly. Price became fluent in Welsh, English and conversant in Latin and other languages. By the mid-1820's Price was a Doctor at Treforest Iron Works. William Price may refer to: William Price, birth name of Billy DeFrank (1936–1986), drag entertainer and gay rights activist William Price II (born 1818), Latter-day Saint Bishop and Utah pioneer. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // ON MAY 5 1853 MR.FADER HAD SEX WITH A MAN NAME MR WIEN THEN THEY HAD SON NAMEDMRS COTURE AND MR MANOOGIAN WENT INTO MRS HASKELLS OFFICE NAKED AND DANCED AROUND AND MASTERBATED ON HER CHEST AND SHE LICKED IT OFF THEN THEY HAD ORAL SEEX WITH NAPLOEAN OF... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... , Pontypridd is a town in Glamorgan, Wales, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf. ... This article is about the country. ... The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ... (Welsh: ) is a small village located to the east of Caerphilly Pretty, rural location, surrounded by woods, and good walks along the Rhymney Valley Ridgeway. ... Nude redirects here. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Look up Welsh, welsh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up English, english in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Treforest or Trefforest is a small village to the south-east of Pontypridd, Wales. ...

He was a prominent Welsh Chartist and was forced to flee to Paris, France, after being involved in the Newport Rising of 1839. He was an equally prominent Druid and exponent of 19th-century Druidic traditions, appointing himself as archdruid. By the following year, he returned to South Wales and in 1841 his first child, a daughter, was born. Chartism was a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century between 1838 and 1848. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... The Newport Rising occurred on November 4, 1839 when several thousand (supposedly) armed coal miners marched on the town of Newport, Gwent in Wales, intent on liberating the Chartist prisoners held under armed guard in the towns Westgate Hotel. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A group of British druids, congregating to celebrate the summer solstice at stonehenge. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During his life, Price's list of behaviour and characteristics included being a fanatical walker, being a strong conservation supporter, wearing a fox-skin headress, never wearing socks (which, he thought, were unhygienic), refusing to treat smokers, only accepting payment from patients he failed to cure, and washing every coin he received. He was also a vegetarian, saying that eating meat "brought out the beast in man". Price did not believe in marriage, which he saw as the enslavement of women and also disliked the coal mine owners and the all-powerful local gentry. He was a supporter of the local miners during several strikes. Conservation may refer to the following: Politics and policy Ethical Conservation, Moral or legislative progress toward freedom through advanced conduct - socially, fiscally or otherwise; based on governments and ideas Conservation movement, movement seeking to protect plant and animal species as well as the habitats they live in Conservation ethic in... This article is about the animal. ... The cigarette is the most common method of smoking tobacco. ... For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ... Slave redirects here. ...

Price was also responsible for the building of the famous Round houses in Pontypridd. He convinced a local builder that he owned the land and these round houses were to be the gateway to his mansion. He neither owned the land nor a mansion! , Pontypridd is a town in Glamorgan, Wales, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf. ...

However, Price is remembered chiefly as the performer of the first legal cremation in the United Kingdom, which took place on 18 January 1884, when he attempted to burn the body of his five-month-old son, Jesus Christ Price (Iesu Grist Price in Welsh) who had died eight days previously of teething problems. The infant was the illegitimate son of Price and his housekeeper. As part of his druid faith, William Price believed that burial was a sin against the earth and felt that cremation was a much better option, even though this was widely thought to be illegal in Britain at the time. The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...

Price made no attempt to disguise his actions, and publicly declared that he would burn the body on a pyre of coal on a hillside overlooking Llantrisant. When he started to perform the Druidic lamentations, he was watched by a crowd who were largely opposed to the act. Shortly after Price lit the pyre, the corpse was snatched from the flames and Price was arrested for illegal disposal of a body. An Ubud cremation ceremony in 2005. ... Coal Example chemical structure of coal Coal (pronounced ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ... Llantrisant is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, lying on the River Ely and the River Clun. ...

Price was prosecuted, but successfully defended himself in February 1884, claiming that "It is not right that a carcass should be allowed to rot and decompose in this way. It results in a wastage of good land, pollution of the earth, water and air, and is a constant danger to all living creatures". He was dressed in his foxskin cap and a white Tunic at the time. The judge at the Cardiff Assizes, Mr Justice Stephen, agreed that, under English law, an action wasn't illegal unless it was specifically proscribed. As the law made no explicit reference to cremation, the practice was therefore legal. The case set a precedent, which led to the Cremation Act of 1902. In 1885 the first official cremation took place at Woking. Ten cremations then took place in 1886. In 1892 a crematorium opened in Manchester, followed by one in Glasgow in 1895 and one in Liverpool in 1896. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... The Courts of Assize, or Assizes, were periodic criminal courts held around England and Wales until 1972, when together with the Quarter Sessions they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... , See Woking (borough) for the administrative district. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ...

Before his own death, on the night of January 23, 1893, Price fathered a second son (Born at the end of 1884) and a daughter (Born in 1886) with Gwenllian Llywelyn, his partner. His final words, when he knew that he was near death, were "Bring me a glass of Champagne" (Price normally drank Cider). He drank it and died shortly after. On January 31, 1893, William Price was cremated on a pyre of two ton of coal, in accordance with his will, on the same hillside overlooking Llantrisant (photo). It was watched by 20,000 people. Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Champagne is often consumed as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ... Cider in a pint glass Cider (or cyder) is an alcoholic beverage made primarily from the juices of specially grown varieties of apples. ... Llantrisant is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, lying on the River Ely and the River Clun. ...

A statue of Price now stands in Llantrisant, depicting the doctor in his trademark fox-skin headdress, arms outstretched [1].

References

• Michell, John (1984) Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions. Thames and Hudson, London. ISBN 0-7474-0353-8
• TheAge article on the life of William Price.
• BBC Wales article on William Price

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External links

• Photograph of William Price (in fox-skin, left) with Robert Anderson, 1892
• Ballad of the cremation of Dr William Price, 1893