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Henry S. Salt
1851–1939
A pioneering voice for animal rights and humane reform, this British writer brought moral urgency to questions of how people treat both animals and one another. His books link literary culture, social criticism, and a lifelong commitment to simple living.
5 Audiobooks
On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills: Pilgrimages to Snowdon and Scafell
by Henry S. Salt
The Call of the Wildflower
by Henry S. Salt
Seventy Years Among Savages
by Henry S. Salt
The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and Dialogues
by Henry S. Salt
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress
by Henry S. Salt
About the author
Born in India in 1851 and educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge, he later returned to Eton as a master before leaving school teaching to devote himself to writing and reform. He became known as a British writer, literary critic, classicist, and social campaigner whose interests ranged from education and prisons to pacifism, vegetarianism, and the treatment of animals.
He is especially remembered for making one of the earliest sustained arguments for animal rights in the English-speaking world. His work connected concern for animals with a broader humanitarian outlook, and he helped found the Humanitarian League in 1891 to oppose many forms of cruelty and injustice.
He remained a prolific author for decades, writing biography, criticism, memoir, and nature-focused work as well as reform literature. He died in 1939, but his ideas continued to influence later discussions of ethical vegetarianism, nonviolence, and the moral standing of animals.