Herman Daggett

Herman Daggett (September 11, 1766 – May 19, 1832) was an American Presbyterian minister and early animal rights writer.

Biography

Daggett was born on September 11, 1766, at Walpole, Massachusetts. He was the son of physician Ebenezer Daggett, brother of Naphtali Daggett. Daggett became a licensed Congregational preacher in 1789. He preached at Long Island and Southampton. He joined the pastoral office on April 12, 1792. The lecture was his master's thesis and was printed in 1792 by David Frothingham. It was re-printed by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1926.

Selected publications

The Rights of Animals (1792) An Abridgement of the Writings of Lewis Cornaro: A Nobleman of Venice on Health and Long Life (1824) The American Reader (1841)