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Thomas Bramwell Welch
Thomas Bramwell Welch (31 December 1825 – 29 December 1903) was a British–American Methodist minister and dentist. He pioneered the use of pasteurization as a means of preventing the fermentation of grape juice. He persuaded local churches to adopt this non-alcoholic wine substitute for use in Holy Communion, calling it "Dr. Welch's Unfermented Wine". The company he founded is now called Welch's, which produces grape juices, jams and jellies.
Welch was born in Glastonbury, England on 31 December 1825. He moved to the United States when his father emigrated in 1834. He attended public schools in Watertown, New York.
At age 17, Thomas Welch joined the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, founded the same year (1843). From its beginning, the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion strongly opposed the "manufacturing, buying, selling, or using intoxicating liquors", and "slaveholding, buying, or selling" of slaves.
With the first edition of their Discipline, the Wesleyan Methodists expressly required for the Eucharist (Communion) that "unfermented wine only should be used at the sacrament." This requirement was about 25 years before Welch used pasteurization, so it is evident that pasteurization was not the only method used to prepare it unfermented. There were traditional methods to prepare unfermented wine (juice) for use at any time during the year, e.g. to reconstitute concentrated grape juice, or to boil raisins, or to add preservatives that prevent juice from fermenting and souring.
Throughout his late teens, Welch was active in the Underground Railroad that transported escaped slaves from the south into Canada. He was one of many Wesleyan Methodists connected to the Underground Railroad.
By age 19, he had graduated from Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, and become an ordained Wesleyan Methodist minister. He ministered first in Poundridge, in Westchester County, New York, then in Herkimer County, New York.
Welch continued in the work of ministry until his voice failed him, and he was obliged to direct his attention to other pursuits.
Welch attended New York Central Medical College (Syracuse campus), becoming a physician in Penn Yan, New York. In 1856, he moved to Winona, Minnesota, where he opened a drugstore and advertised himself as a surgeon-dentist. He was elected to the Winona Public School Board in 1862. The next year he opened a larger office in Winona equipped to make customized "artificial teeth on Vulcanized rubber plates" and offered to provide lodging to patients who travelled there.
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Thomas Bramwell Welch
Thomas Bramwell Welch (31 December 1825 – 29 December 1903) was a British–American Methodist minister and dentist. He pioneered the use of pasteurization as a means of preventing the fermentation of grape juice. He persuaded local churches to adopt this non-alcoholic wine substitute for use in Holy Communion, calling it "Dr. Welch's Unfermented Wine". The company he founded is now called Welch's, which produces grape juices, jams and jellies.
Welch was born in Glastonbury, England on 31 December 1825. He moved to the United States when his father emigrated in 1834. He attended public schools in Watertown, New York.
At age 17, Thomas Welch joined the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, founded the same year (1843). From its beginning, the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion strongly opposed the "manufacturing, buying, selling, or using intoxicating liquors", and "slaveholding, buying, or selling" of slaves.
With the first edition of their Discipline, the Wesleyan Methodists expressly required for the Eucharist (Communion) that "unfermented wine only should be used at the sacrament." This requirement was about 25 years before Welch used pasteurization, so it is evident that pasteurization was not the only method used to prepare it unfermented. There were traditional methods to prepare unfermented wine (juice) for use at any time during the year, e.g. to reconstitute concentrated grape juice, or to boil raisins, or to add preservatives that prevent juice from fermenting and souring.
Throughout his late teens, Welch was active in the Underground Railroad that transported escaped slaves from the south into Canada. He was one of many Wesleyan Methodists connected to the Underground Railroad.
By age 19, he had graduated from Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, and become an ordained Wesleyan Methodist minister. He ministered first in Poundridge, in Westchester County, New York, then in Herkimer County, New York.
Welch continued in the work of ministry until his voice failed him, and he was obliged to direct his attention to other pursuits.
Welch attended New York Central Medical College (Syracuse campus), becoming a physician in Penn Yan, New York. In 1856, he moved to Winona, Minnesota, where he opened a drugstore and advertised himself as a surgeon-dentist. He was elected to the Winona Public School Board in 1862. The next year he opened a larger office in Winona equipped to make customized "artificial teeth on Vulcanized rubber plates" and offered to provide lodging to patients who travelled there.
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