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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