International Vegetarian Union (IVU)
History of Vegetarianism -
Europe: late 19th Century
Prof. F. W. Newman
(1805-1897) - President of the Vegetarian Society (UK)
Richard Wagner
(1813-1883)
Eduard Baltzer
(1814 - 1887)
Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
(1828-1910)
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Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Sir Edwin Arnold
(1832-1904)
Wilhelm Bush (1832 - 1908) - famous german poet and drawer. source: go vegetarin magazine; common knowledge. he said: "true human culture exists only when not just eating men but any form of consuming meat is considered as cannibalism."
Anna Kingsford M.D.
(1846-1888)
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Anna Kingsford M.D.
Annie Besant
(1847-1933)
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Annie Besant
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Annie Besant
Henry Salt
(1851-1939)
Arnold Hills
(1857-1927)
Dr.Josiah Oldfield MA, DCL, MRCS, LRCP
(1863-1953)
Hiltl Vegi in Zurich oldest vegetarian restaurant in Europe 1898-
(EVU)
Deutsch:
Hiltl Vegi in Zürich ist ältestes vegetarisches Restaurant Europas
Some articles about the origins of the Vegetarian Society UK, and the beginnings of organised vegetarianism:
1847-1997 Vegetariansm - A Cause for Celebration - 150 years of the Vegetarian Society UK
(EVU News 1997)
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1847-1997 Vegetarianismo: Un motivo de celebración
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1847-1997 Vegetarianismo - Un motivo per festeggiare
150 Years of Vegetarianism
(European Congress 1997)
The Vegetarian Society of the UK: 150 Years in the Forefront of Vegetarian Campaigning
(IVU News 1998)
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La Sociedad Vegetariana del Reino Unido: 150 Años encabezando el Movimiento Vegetariano
The roots of organised vegetarianism
(EVU News 1998)
Marketing the Message: The Changing Face of Vegetarianism in the United Kingdom
(World Congress 1999)
Neither phoenix nor fad
(World Congress 2002)
Philosophy of diet - or a philosophy of life?
(World Congress 2002)
From the archives of The Vegetarian Society UK
(links to VSUK website):
Through the Ages
- general history of vegetarianism
Society History
- the origins of The Vegetarian Society
Read all about it
- the story of
The Vegetarian
magazine
The Development of the Movement
- Information Sheet
The History of Vegetarianism in the UK
- similar to above, written for 150th anniversary in 1997
Generating Vegetarians
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a six generation veggie family
100 Years Ago - Autumn 1894
- includes an item on Sir Isaac Pitman
100 Years Ago - Winter 1894/95
One hundred years ago - Spring 1895
One hundred years ago - Summer 1895
The first attempt at an international organisation:
The Vegetarian Federal Union
(1889-1909)