Howard Williams (humanitarian)
Howard Williams | |
|---|---|
BA, 1860; MA, 1863) | |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, historian, writer |
| Notable work | The Ethics of Diet (1883) |
| Spouse |
Eliza Smith
(m. 1860; died 1906) |
| Family | Henry John Williams (brother) |
Howard Williams (6 January 1837 – 21 September 1931) was an English humanitarianism and vegetarianism activist, historian, and writer. He was noted for authoring The Ethics of Diet, a history of vegetarianism, which was influential on the Victorian vegetarian movement.
Biography
Williams was a born on 6 January 1837, in
BA in 1860 and MA in 1863. Williams married Eliza Smith on 20 November 1860;[1] she died around 1906.[5]
Williams' first book was published in 1865, entitled The Superstitions of Witchcraft. Williams became a vegetarian in 1872, as well as an
Williams was the inspiration for and one of the founding members of the
London Vegetarian Society[5] and was a board member of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society.[4]
Williams died in Aspley Guise, on 21 September 1931.[1]
Publications
- The Superstitions of Witchcraft (1865)
- The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-eating (1883)
- Lucian's Dialogues, namely the Dialogues of the Gods, of the Sea-Gods, and of the Dead; Zeus the Tragedian, the Ferry-Boat etc. (translated with notes and a preliminary memoir, 1888)
- "Pioneers of Humanity" (The Humanitarian, 1907; later published as a pamphlet)[1]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/41000. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 978-0-567-57736-8.
- ISBN 978-1-84511-379-7
- ^ ISBN 9780774821124.
- ^ Bedfordshire Times and Independent. 25 September 1931.
- ^ "Humanitarian League". Henry S. Salt Society. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
Further reading
- Henry S. Salt, "The Late Mr Howard Williams: An Appreciation", The Vegetarian News, October 1931
- Jaime de Magalhães Lima, O Vegetarismo e a Moralidade das raças, 1912
- Jon Gregerson, Vegetarianism: A History, Jain Publishing Company, California, 1994, p. 78, 89.
- Howard Williams and Carol J. Adams, The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-Eating, University of Illinois Press, 2003. ISBN 0-252-07130-1
External links
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Data from Wikidata
- Works by Howard Williams at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Howard Williams at Internet Archive
- Works by Howard Williams at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- International Vegetarian Union - Howard Williams
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