Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888-1970)
Agnon is a central figure in modern Hebrew fiction. He wrote many novels and short stories about major contemporary spiritual con…
Sir Stafford Cripps 1889-1952
All extracts from The Cripps Version: a life of Sir Stafford Cripps, by Peter Clarke, published by Allen Lane, The Penguin Press,…
Rev. John Todd Ferrier (1855-1943)
Founder of the Order of the Cross, advocate of vegetarianism from a Christian viewpoint. John Todd Ferrier was born in Greenock, …
Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)
This article was contributed by Nuno Metello in 2008 - above: Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece in Barcelona, Sagrada Família Antoni…
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
Some links to articles on the subject: Why Hitler Was Not A Vegetarian by Rynn Berry Hitler's Vegetarianism by Roberta Kalechovsk…
Europe: early 20th Century
A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Da…