Albert Broadbent (vegetarian)

Albert Broadbent FSS FRHS (15 February 1867 – 21 January 1912) was an English food lecturer, writer and vegetarianism activist.

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Albert Broadbent

FSS FRHS
Portrait c. 1902
Born(1867-02-15)15 February 1867
Hollingworth, England
Died21 January 1912(1912-01-21) (aged 44)
Manchester, England
Occupation(s)Lecturer, writer
SpouseChristina Harrison

Biography

Broadbent was born in Hollingworth; he later married Christina Harrison.[1] Broadbent became the secretary of the Vegetarian Society in 1895. He represented the International Congresses at Paris, Dresden, St. Louis and London.[1] He was an active member of the Vegetarian Federal Union and attended all their meetings from 1893.[2]

Broadbent was Secretary of the Vegetarian Society (1895–1912) and was succeeded by Henry Brown Amos.[3] He lectured extensively on food reform. Broadbent was a Fellow of the Statistical Society and the Royal Horticultural Society.[1] He was editor of The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review.[1]

Broadbent's book Science in the Daily Meal argued that a vegetarian diet is capable of providing the body its highest state of physical development. Broadbent listed one hundred Uric Acid free recipes.[4] The book promoted the consumption of plasmon but this food was controversial as not all vegetarians advocated its use. In 1903, J. P. Sandlands wrote a rebuttal to Broadbent's book entitled Science in the Daily Meal Criticised, or Plasmon Confounded.[5] Broadbent published an abridged edition of Howard Williams' book The Ethics of Diet, in 1907.[6]

Broadbent started vegetarian eating establishments in Edinburgh,[7] Aberdeen and Leicester, with the intention of bettering the social position of women, by providing them the opportunity to earn a living wage. The meals were also provided at a low price, so that poorer people would be able to access vegetarian meals; this enterprise ended in failure and, as result, Broadbent suffered a significant financial loss. After experiencing a complete nervous breakdown,[8] Broadbent died on 21 January 1912.[1]

Selected publications

References
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  1. Who Was Who, 1897-1916. A & C Black Limited, 1920. p. 89
  2. "Albert Broadbent". International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. "Henry Brown Amos". Henrysalt.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. "Science in the Daily Meal by Albert Broadbent". Pharmaceutical Journal. 68: 483. 1902.
  5. Addyman, Mary; Wood, Laura; Yiannitsaros, Christopher. (2017). Food, Drink, and the Written Word in Britain, 1820–1945. Routledge. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-8489-3610-2
  6. "The Ethics of Diet by Howard Williams". The London Quarterly Review. 6 (108): 18. 1907.
  7. "Mr. Meldrum Sets Us Right". The Battle Creek Idea. Battle Creek Sanitarium. 6 (4): 42. 1913.
  8. Scott, WM. M. (1 May 1912). "Mr. Albert Broadbent—An Appreciation" (PDF). Good Health. 10 (5): 148.
  9. McLaughlin, Terence (1979). If You Like It, Don't Eat it: Dietary Fads and Fancies. New York: Universe Books. p. 169. ISBN 0-87663-332-7. OCLC 5499827.
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