Edith Carrington | |
|---|---|
 Portrait (1894) | |
| Born | 1853 |
| Died | 1929 (aged 75–76) |
| Occupation(s) | Author and animal rights activist |
Edith Carrington (1853–1929) was an English animal rights activist and promoter of vegetarianism. She was for sometime an artist, but began to write books on animals from Carrington. She was a vocal opponent of Eleanor Anne Ormerod's campaign seeking the extermination of the house sparrow and was an anti-vivisectionist.[1]
- ^ Salt, Henry S. (1 November 1896). "Edith Carrington's Writings". Vegetarian Review.