John Zephaniah Holwell

John Zephaniah Holwell
Born17 September 1711
Died5 November 1798 (87 years old)
OccupationSurgeon

John Zephaniah Holwell FRS (17 September 1711 – 5 November 1798) was a surgeon, an employee of the British East India Company, and a temporary Governor of Bengal (1760). He was also one of the first Europeans to study Indian antiquities and was an early advocate of animal rights and vegetarianism.