Edmund J. Baillie
Edmund J. Baillie | |
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Portrait from Fifty Years of Food Reform (1898) | |
Born | Edmund John Baillie (1851-05-04)4 May 1851 Hawarden, England |
Died | 18 October 1897(1897-10-18) (aged 46) Chester, England |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, horticulturalist, activist |
Awards | Kingsley Memorial Medal |
Edmund John Baillie FRHS FLS (4 May 1851 – 18 October 1897) was a Welsh businessman, horticulturalist and vegetarianism activist.
Biography
Edmund John Baillie was born in Hawarden on 4 May 1851.[1] As a young man, Baillie worked at the firm F. and A. Dickson and Sons of Eastgate, Chester, where he eventually became its adviser and partner.[2] On the amalgamation of Dickson's two firms, he became deputy Chairman of Dicksons, Limited.[3]
Baillie was a friend of John Ruskin and was President of the John Ruskin Society in Liverpool.[3][4] He was honorary secretary and treasurer of the Grosvenor Museum at Chester and a member of the Chester Society of Natural Science. He was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society[3] and was later a Fellow.[5] He was elected for the Linnean Society of London on 21 June 1878 and became a Fellow in 1883.[3] Baillie specialised in fruit trees.[4] He also corresponded with Walt Whitman.[4][6]
Baille contributed to the Gardener's Magazine, Journal of Botany, Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and the Proceedings of the Linnean Society.[1] For his services to natural science he was awarded the Kingsley Memorial Medal.[2] Baillie was a Presbyterian and was church secretary at the English Presbyterian Church of Wales, Chester for many years.[2] He was a spiritualist and member of the London Spiritualist Alliance.[7]
Baillie died on 18 October 1897 in Chester.[1]
Vegetarianism
Baillie was a vegetarian. He joined the Vegetarian Society in 1878 and later served as a Vice-President.[8] Baillie authored papers in defence of vegetarianism that were read at conferences such as the International Vegetarian Congress.[2][9]
Selected publications
- John Ruskin: Aspects of His Thought and Teachings (1882)
- The Importance of British Fruit Growing From a Food Point of View (1896)
References
- ^ a b c Desmond, Ray. (1994). Dictionary of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturalists. Taylor & Francis. p. 34. ISBN 0-85066-843-3
- ^ a b c d "Death of Mr. E. J. Baillie". The Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales (October 20, 1897). p. 5
- ^ a b c d "Edmund John Baillie". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 110: 34. 1898.
- ^ a b c "Edmund J. Baillie to Walt Whitman, 17 September 1890". The Walt Whitman Archive. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Gregory, James Richard Thomas Elliott (2002). "Biographical Index of British Vegetarians and Food reformers of the Victorian Era". The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1840–1901: A Study of Its Development, Personnel and Wider Connections (PDF). Vol. 2. University of Southampton. p. 7. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Edmund J. Baillie to Walt Whitman, 19 January 1891". The Walt Whitman Archive. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Decease of Mr. Edmund J. Baillie" (PDF). Light. 17 (876): 517. 1897.
- ^ Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England. London: The Ideal Publishing Union. p. 183
- ^ "The International Vegetarian Congress". International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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and drink
- Agave syrup
- Chicken fillet roll
- Coconut burger
- Coconut milk
- Fruits
- Grains
- Gelatin substitutes
- Jambon
- Meat alternative
- Miso
- Mochi
- Mock duck
- Nutritional yeast
- Plant cream
- Plant milk
- Quinoa
- Quorn
- Seitan
- Soy yogurt
- Tempeh
- Tofu
- Tofurkey
- Cheese
- Vegetables
- Vegetarian bacon
- Hot dog
- Vegetarian mark
- Sausage
- Sausage roll
- Beer
- Wine
- Veggie burger
and events
reports,
journals
- On Abstinence from Eating Animals (3rd century)
- An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty (1802)
- Vegetable Cookery (1812)
- A Vindication of Natural Diet (1813)
- Reasons for not Eating Animal Food (1814)
- Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes (1824)
- Nature's Own Book (1835)
- Fruits and Farinacea (1845)
- The Pleasure Boat (1845)
- The Ethics of Diet (1883)
- What is Vegetarianism? (1886)
- Shelley's Vegetarianism (1891)
- Behind the Scenes in Slaughter-Houses (1892)
- Why I Am a Vegetarian (1895)
- Figs or Pigs? (1896)
- Fifty Years of Food Reform (1898)
- Thirty-nine Reasons Why I Am a Vegetarian (1903)
- The Meat Fetish (1904)
- The New Ethics (1907)
- A Fleshless Diet (1910)
- The Benefits of Vegetarianism (1927)
- Living the Good Life (1954)
- Ten Talents (1968)
- Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
- The Vegetarian Epicure (1972)
- Moosewood Collective Cookbooks (1973)
- The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook (1975)
- Laurel's Kitchen (1976)
- Moosewood Cookbook (1977)
- Fit for Life (1985)
- Diet for a New America (1987)
- The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990)
- Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (1997)
- The China Study (2005)
- Skinny Bitch (2005)
- Livestock's Long Shadow (2006)
- The Bloodless Revolution (2006)
- Eating Animals (2009)
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2009)
- The Vegan Studies Project (2015)
- Animal (De)liberation (2016)
- The End of Animal Farming (2018)
- Vegetable Kingdom (2020)
- Making a Stand for Animals (2022)
- Meat Atlas (annual)
- The Animals Film (1981)
- Diet for a New America (film) (1991)
- A Cow at My Table (1998)
- Meet Your Meat (2002)
- Post Punk Kitchen (2003–2005)
- Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
- Earthlings (2005)
- A Sacred Duty (2007)
- Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead (2010)
- Planeat (2010)
- Forks Over Knives (2011)
- Vegucated (2011)
- Live and Let Live (2013)
- Cowspiracy (2014)
- PlantPure Nation (2015)
- What the Health (2017)
- Carnage (2017)
- Dominion (2018)
- Eating You Alive (2018)
- The Game Changers (2018)
- Maa Ka Doodh (2023)
- You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024)
activists,
authors,
physicians
cookbook authors
- Nava Atlas
- Mayim Bialik
- Carleigh Bodrug
- Gypsy Boots
- BOSH!
- Martha Brotherton
- Edward Espe Brown
- Tabitha Brown (actress)
- Suzy Amis Cameron
- Hannah Che
- Pinky Cole
- Chloe Coscarelli
- Yamuna Devi
- Sue Donaldson
- Crescent Dragonwagon
- Rose Elliot
- Rip Esselstyn
- Toni Fiore
- Carol Lee Flinders
- Alexis Gauthier
- Dick Gregory
- Richa Hingle
- Madhur Jaffrey
- Mollie Katzen
- Frances Moore Lappé
- Deborah Madison
- Linda McCartney
- Mary McCartney
- Hetty Lui McKinnon
- Tracye McQuirter
- Joanne Lee Molinaro
- Moosewood Collective
- Charity Morgan
- Isa Chandra Moskowitz
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
- Gaz Oakley
- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
- Mathew Pritchard
- Satchidananda Saraswati
- Derek Sarno
- Miyoko Schinner
- Alicia Silverstone
- Hannah Sunderani
- Bryant Terry
- Anna Thomas
- Haile Thomas
- Lauren Toyota
- Jeeca Uy
- Umberto Veronesi
- Nisha Vora
- Alan Wakeman
- Cranks (restaurant)
- Food for Thought (restaurant)
- InSpiral Lounge
- Lentil as Anything
- Minerva Café
- New Riverside Cafe
- Nix (restaurant)
- Penny Cafeteria
- Pink Peacock
- The Hollow Reed
- The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel