Humphrey Primatt

Humphrey Primatt (1734 – c. 1776) was an English clergyman and early animal rights writer.[1][2] Primatt has been described as "one of the most important figures in the development of a notion of animal rights."[3]

  1. ^ Simons, John. (2002). Animals, Literature and the Politics of Representation. Palgrave. pp. 39-41. ISBN 978-1-349-41045-3
  2. ^ "Humphry Primatt" Archived 1 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Garrett, Aaron. (2000). Animal Rights and Souls in the Eighteenth Century. Thoemmes Press. p. 19. ISBN 1-85506-826-5