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Sidney Trist

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**Group 1: Sidney Trist**

– Sidney George Trist was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, in 1865.
– Married Florence Mogg in 1893 and had four children.
– Editor of Animal World and Animals Friend.
– Secretary of the London Anti-Vivisection Society.
– Ensured Battersea Dogs Home did not sell dogs to vivisectors.
– Selected publications:
– A Birds-Eye View of a Great Question (1894)
– Pasteurism Discredited (1895)
– A Rational Cure for Hydrophobia (1896)
– The Danger to Hospital Patients in the Practice of Vivisection (1896)
– The Under Dog: A Series of Papers by Various Authors (1913)
– Legacy:
– Advocated against vivisection and promoted vegetarianism.
– Used visuals effectively in education and advocacy.
– Reviewed in newspapers and appreciated by authors like Mark Twain.
– Contributions to the anti-vivisection movement.
– Efforts to expose animal cruelty through writing and illustrations.

**Group 2: Early Advocates of Vegetarianism**

Henry S. Clubb
Antonio Cocchi
Lenna F. Cooper
Daniel H. Kress
– William Lambe

**Group 3: Influential Writers on Vegetarianism**

– Al-Maarri
Alice G. Marsh
Elmer McCollum
William Metcalfe
Eli Peck Miller

**Group 4: Philanthropists and Social Reformers Supporting Vegetarianism**

Harry Willis Miller
J. Howard Moore
Reuben D. Mussey
Helen Nearing
Scott Nearing

**Group 5: Ethical and Moral Philosophers Advocating for Vegetarianism**

Francis William Newman
– R. E. OCallaghan
Josiah Oldfield
Cyril V. Pink
Rod Preece

Sidney Trist (Wikipedia)

Sidney George Trist MJI (1865 – 2 December 1918) was an English animal welfare, anti-vivisection, anti-vaccination, and vegetarianism activist, journalist, and editor of several animal welfare publications.

Sidney Trist

Trist at a garden party held by the London and Provincial Anti-vivisection Society
Born
Sidney George Trist

1865
Newton Abbot, Devon, England
Died2 December 1918 (aged 53)
Wandsworth, London, England
Occupation(s)Activist, journalist, editor
Notable workThe Under Dog (1913)
Spouse
Florence Mogg
(m. 1893)
Children4
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