North America: late 20th Century
Meat Avoiders and Casual Vegetarians - survey, Canada 1997 (TVA) A note on this archive. The history section of this website is d…
Invitation to North America (1968) and Notes on Vegetarian History - Geoffrey L. Rudd
GEOFFREY L. RUDD (Secretary: The Vegetarian Society [UK]) [Mr Rudd was also General Secretary of IVU at this time and his trip ap…
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991)
I. B. Singer was an outstanding writer of Yiddish stories. His best-selling novels include "The Family Moscat", "Satan in Goray",…
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977)
Founder of the Hare Krishna movement and Food for Life, the world's largest vegetarian food relief organization (and an IVU Membe…
The Cathars (11th - 13th Centuries)
From an unclear source: To cite another sad example: in southern France a group of Albigensian vegetarians (a Cartharist religiou…
David Hartley (1705-1757)
With respect to animal diet, let it be considered that taking away the lives of animals, in order to convert them into food, does…