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George Fuisdale Jowett
BornDecember 23, 1891
England
DiedJuly 11, 1969(1969-07-11) (aged 77)
Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Strongman, weightlifter, magazine editor, author
SpouseBessie Jowett
Children1 daughter

George Fuisdale Jowett (December 23, 1891 – July 11, 1969) was an English-born Canadian strongman, weightlifter, magazine editor and author. He was a co-founder of the American Continental Weightlifting Association, the editor of Strength magazine, and the president of the Jowett Institute. He became known as "The Father of American Weightlifting."

Life

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Jowett was born on December 23, 1891, in England.[1][2] He emigrated to Canada in 1911,[2] and served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I.[3]

Jowett moved to Pennsylvania in 1923,[2] where he became a strongman and a weightlifter. He competed against other strongmen at a police meet in Pittsburgh in September 1923.[4][5] By 1927, he was billing himself as the "world's strongest man" in The Morning Call.[6][7] Jowett was the editor of Strength magazine from 1924 to 1927,[8] and he authored several books about strength training.

Jowett co-founded the American Continental Weightlifting Association (ACWLA) with Ottley Russell Coulter and David P. Willoughby in the early 1920s, and he served as its president.[9] He subsequently served as the director of the Breitbart Institute of Physical Culture in New York City, and he founded the Jowett Institute in 1927.[8] He later founded the Body Sculpture Club in England.[2] By 1955, he was described in Muscle Builder magazine as "The Father of American Weightlifting."[8]

Jowett joined the staff of Strength magazine in the early 1920s.[3] Bob Hoffman recruited Jowett to work on his new weightlifting magazine, Strength & Health, in 1932, and he took responsibility for most of the editorial work.[10] He left the magazine in 1934, upset at Hoffman's support of the competing Amateur Athletic Union over Jowett's ACWLA.[3]

With his wife Bessie, Jowett has a daughter, Phyllis.[11] They resided in Riverside Heights, Ontario, Canada.[11] Jowett died in 1969 in Winchester, Ontario, Canada.[1][11]

Selected works

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  • Jowett, George F. (1926). The Key to Might and Muscle. Philadelphia: Milo Publishing Company. OCLC 8823080.
  • Jowett, George F. (1929). The Strongest Man That Ever Lived. Philadelphia: Milo Publishing Company. OCLC 936928410.
  • Jowett, George F. (1938). The Atlas of Anatomy. Philadelphia. OCLC 26675479.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Jowett, George F. (1938). The Science of Exercise Specialization. Philadelphia. OCLC 26675490.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

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  1. ^ a b "George F. Jowett". LibraryThing. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Finding Aid: The George Fiusdale Jowett Papers" (PDF). The H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture & Sports. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Woycke, James (2016). Esprit de Corps: A History of North American Bodybuilding.
  4. ^ "Strong Man Exhibits At Police Meet". Pittsburgh Daily Post. 27 September 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 5 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Snaps at Forbes Field During the Fifth Annual Field Meet of Pittsburgh Police Department". Pittsburgh Daily Post. 30 September 1923. p. 24. Retrieved 5 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "World's Strongest Man Is Coming Here. Milo Strength Club Will Present George F. Jowett in Y.M.C.A.". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 6 November 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 4 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Strong Men Will Be At Y.M.C.A. Tonight. World's Champion and Other Muscular Marvels to Show Wares". The Morning Call. 19 November 1927. p. 16. Retrieved 5 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b c Fair, John D. (December 1994). "Father-Figure or Phony? George Jowett, ACWLA and Milo Barbell Company" (PDF). Iron Game History. 3 (5): 13–25. Retrieved 4 January 2019 – via H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports.
  9. ^ Todd, Jan; Murphy, Michael (2001). "Portrait of a Strongman: The Circus Career of Ottley Russell Coulter: 1912-1916". Iron Game History. 7 (1): 4–21.
  10. ^ Todd, Jan; Roark, Joe; Todd, Terry (1991). "A Briefly Annotated Bibliography of English Language Serial Publications in the Field of Physical Culture" (PDF). Iron Game History.
  11. ^ a b c "Jowett, George F.". The Ottawa Journal. 12 July 1969. p. 25. Retrieved 5 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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