Jon Wynne-Tyson

Jon Linden Wynne-Tyson (6 July 1924 – 26 March 2020) was an English author, publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist, who founded Centaur Press in 1954. He ran Centaur Press from his home in Sussex and was a distinguished independent publisher. He wrote books on animal rights and vegetarianism.

Life and writings Jon Linden Wynne-Tyson was born in Hampshire, England, on 6 July 1924. and his father was Linden Charles Tyson, an officer in the Royal Air Force. His work The Extended Circle was endorsed by animal rights philosophers Tom Regan and Peter Singer.

In 1989 Wynne-Tyson published the play Marvellous Party about his mother and a visit from her close friend Noël Coward. He later adapted it into a radio play, which was broadcast on the BBC world service in May 1994.

His last book was an autobiography entitled Finding the Words: A Publishing Life, which focused on his life in publishing. His autobiography also details the friendship between his mother and Noël Coward.

Wynne-Tyson died on 26 March 2020 at the age of 95.

Centaur Press Founded in 1954, Centaur Press was a full-time independent publishing company until it was sold to another small publisher, in 1998.

Reviewing the book in the New Scientist magazine, science writer Colin Tudge commented that the "man-is-a-vegetarian thesis is ecological unnecessary, and biology unsound", but that vegetarians do have worthwhile things to say. The book was negatively reviewed in the Medical History journal.

Wynne-Tyson's book Food for a Future has a chapter "The Further Step", which is supportive of veganism but he never became vegan.