Rupert H. Wheldon
American photographer and activist
About Rupert H. Wheldon
Lived 1883 – 1960 (aged 76). Rupert H. Wheldon was an American writer, veganism advocate and photographer.
Rupert Henry Wheldon (July 3, 1883 – June 6, 1960) was an American photographer and veganism activist.
Biography Wheldon was born in Philadelphia to Henry David Wheldon and Marianne Wilson. He moved to England as a small child, where he spent most of his life.
Wheldon's book No Animal Food, published by C. W. Daniel in 1910 and by Health Culture Co. the same year, is often cited as the first vegan cookbook. However, Asenath Nicholson had authored the first vegan cookbook, Kitchen Philosophy for Vegetarians, in 1849. Wheldon's book contains a hundred vegan recipes and eschews animal foods for "ethical, aesthetic, and economic reasons."
Selected publications Vegetarianism Versus Carnivorism (Theosophical Quarterly, 1909) No Animal Food (Health Culture Co., 1910)
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American photographer and activist (1883–1960)
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Rupert H. Wheldon was born on 3 July 1883 in Philadelphia.
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Rupert H. Wheldon died on 6 June 1960 in Salinas.
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Rupert H. Wheldon was a writer, veganism advocate and photographer.
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Rupert H. Wheldon was American.
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