Roger Crab

Roger Crab
Roger Crab, as pictured in an 1813 edition of James Caulfield's Portraits, memoirs, and characters of remarkable persons, from the reign of King Edward the Third, to the Revolution, etc.
Born	1621 Buckinghamshire, England
Died	11 September 1680 (aged 59) Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Occupations	Soldier haberdasher herbal doctor and writer

Roger Crab (1621 – 11 September 1680)^[1] was an English soldier, haberdasher, herbal doctor and writer who is best known for his ascetic lifestyle which included Christian vegetarianism. Crab fought in the Parliamentary Army in the English Civil War before becoming a haberdasher in Chesham. He later became a hermit and worked as a herbal doctor. He then joined the Philadelphians and began promoting asceticism through his writings.