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John Smith

(Smith, John (Writer on vegetarianism))

John Smith (c. 1795 – 13 August 1870) was an English banker, vegetarianism activist, writer, and spiritualist. Based in Malton, he managed the York City and County Bank for three decades and was also an agent of the London Assurance Company. Smith was a leading advocate of vegetarianism in 19th-century Britain, serving as president of the Hull Vegetarian Association and promoting dietary reform through public lectures and publications. His influential works include Fruits and Farinacea (1845) and The Principles and Practice of Vegetarian Cookery (1860). He was also active in the spiritualist movement and attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1849. (From Wikipedia)

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Trall, R. T. (Russell Thacher), 1812-1877

Books by John Smith:

Smith, John (Writer on vegetarianism): Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man: Being an Attempt to Prove, From History, Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemistry, That the Original, Natural, and Best Diet of Man is Derived From the Vegetable Kingdom (from the second London edition; New York et al.: Fowler and Wells, 1854), ed. by R. T. Trall (page images at HathiTrust)

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Smith, John (Writer on vegetarianism): Fruits and farinacea : the proper food of man : being an attempt to prove from history, anatomy physiology, and chemistry, that the original, natural, and best diet of man is derived from the vegetable kingdom (Fowler & Wells, publishers, 1892), also by R. T. Trall and Fowler & Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
Smith, John (Writer on vegetarianism): Vegetable cookery : including a complete set of recipes for pastry, preserving, pickling, the preparation of sauces, soups, beverages, etc., etc. (Frederick Pitman, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)

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