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English vicar and animal rights writer
Henry Crowe
Born 14 March 1769 Died 18 December 1851 (1851-12-19 ) (aged 82) Occupation(s) Vicar, writer
Henry Crowe (14 March 1769 – 18 December 1851)
[1] was an English parish priest and early
animal rights writer.
Biography
He was born at
Stoke Ferry , Norfolk,
[2] the son of the Rev. Henry Crowe, Rector of
Burnham Deepdale . After schooling in
Norwich , he matriculated at
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1786, graduating B.A. in 1790.
[3] He was a Fellow of
Clare College (1793–1800) and obtained his
M.A. in 1794.
[2]
Crowe was ordained
deacon on 5 December 1791 and
priest on 26 May 1793. He was vicar of
Buckingham (1810–1851).
[2] He died at
Hatton Garden in 1851, age 82.
[2]
Zoophilos
Crowe was the author of the book Zoophilos , published in 1819. It was an early work supportive of
animal welfare and criticised the mistreatment of animals such as
bullbaiting ,
cockfighting , and
bearbaiting .
[4] He also criticised methods of
animal slaughter and types of animal experimentation and testing.
[5] Crowe opposed
vivisection and his book contains the chapter, On Cruelty in philosophical researches which compares vivisectional cruelties to the
inquisition .
[6]
[7] He was an opponent of
field sports , especially
hunting .
[8]
There were positive reviews of Crowe's book published in
The Gentleman's Magazine (1819) and
The Monthly Review (1820).
[9]
[10]
Selected publications
Zoophilos, Or, Considerations on the Moral Treatment of Inferior Animals (1819)
Animadversions on Cruelty to the Brute Creation (1825)
[11]
See also
References
^
"Rev Henry Crowe MA: Vicar of Buckingham" . JJ Heath-Caldwell . Retrieved 2020-02-10 .
^
a
b
c
d Venn, John. (1898).
Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College: 1349-1897 .
Cambridge University Press . p. 111
^
"Crowe, Henry (CRW785H)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^ Sherry, Clifford J. (1994). Animal Rights: A Reference Handbook .
ABC-CLIO . p. 115
^ Magel, Charles R. (1989). Keyguide to Information Sources in Animal Rights . Mansell Publishing. p. 77
^ French, Richard D. (1975). Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society .
Princeton University Press . p. 24.
ISBN
978-0-691-65520-8
^ Atalić, Bruno (2012).
"Historical development and ethical considerations of vivisectionist and antivivisectionist movement" . Jahr: Annual of the Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities . 3 (6): 399–414.
^ May, Allyson N. (2013). The Fox-Hunting Controversy, 1781-2004: Class and Cruelty .
Routledge . p. 55, p. 82.
ISBN
978-1-4094-4220-2
^
"Zoophilos, Or, Considerations on the Moral Treatment of Inferior Animals" . The Gentleman's Magazine . 89 (2): 249–250. 1819.
^
"Zoophilos, Or, Considerations on the Moral Treatment of Inferior Animals" . The Monthly Review . 93 : 223. 1820.
^
"Animadversions on Cruelty to the Brute Creation" . The Gentleman's Magazine . 95 (2): 58–59. 1825.
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