George Stringer Bull (1799–1865) was an English missionary and cleric, a social and industrial reformer in the Bradford area.
[4] He was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1823 by George Henry Law, taking a position at Hessle in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
He pursued the vigorous and attention-seeking tactics of Richard Oastler and the Member of Parliament Michael Thomas Sadler, becoming noted as the "Ten Hours Parson".
[8] The impatient Oastler suggested machine-breaking to a Bradford meeting, after another reverse, in 1836, with Charles Hindley unable to revive the bill.
[10] In testimony to parliament, he stated that birth control was prevalent in female factory workers; he put it down to the influence of a visit by Richard Carlile.
[11] As a clerical social critic, he has been classed with Patrick Brewster, William Hill (1806–1867) the Swedenborgian editor of the Northern Star, and Rayner Stephens.
[13] While Bull and other Factor Movement leaders saw that Robert Owen was on their side of the argument, they regarded his approach as impractical.
[17][18] Bull moved to the Birmingham area, and was appointed to the new St Matthew's Church, Duddeston and Nechells as perpetual curate.