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Cadbury was born in Birmingham to a wealthy Quaker family that moved to the area from the west of England. As a Quaker in the early 19th century, he was not allowed to enter universities and therefore could not pursue a profession such as medicine or law. Being pacifist, a military career was also not a possibility. So, like many other Quakers of the time, he turned his energies toward business, starting an apprenticeship as a tea dealer in LeedsThis article discusses the city Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Leeds gives its name to the metropolitan borough named the City of Leeds, discussed in a separate article, which also takes in many towns and villages in the surrounding area. Leeds is a ci in 18181818 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events February 12 Chile gains its independence from Spain March 11 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published March 22 Easter Sunday falls on its earliest possible date. The next time Easter will fall this early:.

Returning to Birmingham, in 1824Events January 22 Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast Cimetiere du Montparnasse established The Dutch sign the Masang Agreement temporarily ending hostilities in the Padri War March 17 signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. March 11 The Un, Cadbury opened a small one-man grocery shop at 93 Bull Street. In 1831Events February- March Revolts in Modena, Parma and the Papal States are put down by Austrian troops February 20 Battle of Grochow. Polish rebel forces divide a Russian army. March 1 Democrat Samuel Smith becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States, he switched his business, renting a small factory (an old maltMalting is a process applied to cereal grains, and the term malt can refer to several products of the process: grains to which this process has been applied, e. malted barley, sugar derived from such grains and heavy in maltose, e. baker's malt, or a prodhouse) in Crooked Lane to begin the manufacture of drinking chocolate and cocoaThis article is about "cocoa", the food. For information about "Cocoa", the API and programming environment for the Mac OS X operating system, see Cocoa (software). For information about the city in Florida, see Cocoa, Florida. Cocoa may refer to either t.

Cadbury was influenced in his choice of trade by his temperanceSee: temperance (virtue) Temperance movement, a socio-political movement Temperance album by Astrud Gilberto. beliefs – he felt alcoholIn general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-khwl , or al-ghawl ) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage . This sense underlies the term alcoholism ( addiction to a was a major cause of poverty and other social ills, and saw cocoa and chocolate as alternatives. As a social reformer, he also led a campaign to ban the use of boy chimney-sweep s, and campaigned against animal cruelty, forming the Animals Friend Society , a forerunner of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Meanwhile, Cadbury’s manufacturing enterprise prospered, his brother Benjamin Cadbury joined the business in 1847 and they rented a larger factory in Bridge Street. Two years later, in 1849, the Cadbury Brothers pulled out of the retail business, leaving it in the hands of their nephew, Richard Cadbury Barrow (Barrow's remained a leading Birmingham store until the 1960s).

Cadbury married twice. He and his first wife, Priscilla Ann Dymond ( 1799- 1828), were married in 1826, but she died two years later. In 1832 he married his second wife, Candia Barrow ( 1805- 1855). By her he had seven children: John ( 1834- 1866), Richard ( 1835- 1899), Maria ( 1838- 1908), George ( 1839- 1922), Joseph ( 1841- 1841), Edward ( 1843- 1866), and Henry ( 1845- 1875).

Benjamin and John Cadbury dissolved their partnership in 1860 and John retired in 1861, leaving his sons, Richard and George to continue to build the business. In 1879, they relocated it to a small village called Bournbrook, developed and renamed Bournville by the Cadbury's, and now a major suburb of Birmingham. The family rapidly developed the Cadburys factory, and it remains a key site of Cadbury-Schweppes.

For the remainder of his life, John Cadbury engaged in civic and social work in Birmingham.