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About Howard Williams
Howard Williams was an English writer and historian. He was an advocate for humanitarianism, vegetarianism, and an opponent of vivisection. He is best known for The Ethics of Diet (1883), a historical survey of European vegetarianism that has been described as a classic of vegetarian literature and cited as an influence on the late Victorian vegetarian movement. Earlier he published The Superstitions of Witchcraft (1865), a study of the history and social effects of witchcraft beliefs. His other publications included a study of eighteenth-century letter writing centred on Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope (1885), and a translation with notes of selected dialogues by Lucian (1887).
Everything about Howard Williams →- Occupation
- writer, historian, humanitarian reformer, vegetarianism advocate
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
- Born
- January 6, 1837
- Died
- September 21, 1931