Gordon Latto (doctor)

Gordon Latto (25 June 1911, in Dundee – 2 September 1998, in Reading)[1] was a Scottish doctor, nutritionist and naturopath, who was President of both the International Vegetarian Union and the Vegetarian Society of U.K.[1][2]

Gordon Latto and his wife Barbara, March 1938

Life and Work

Gordon Latto was educated at the High School of Dundee, and qualified in Medicine in 1935 from the University of St Andrews.[3][1] After the marriage to the German Barbara Krebs (1911 – 2000) in 1938 they toured Germany, where they learned about the Kneipp Hydrotherapy at Munich and visited several other Nature Cure Clinics. His wife Barbara had also a lively correspondence with Dr. Bircher-Benner, convinced rawfood supporter and founder of the famous 'Bircher Clinic' in Zurich. Latto and his wife were both vegetarians.[4] Several well-known persons were among Latto's patients. Francis Chichester, who sailed round the world, was one of them.[1]

From 1969 until 1987 Latto was President of the Vegetarian Society of U.K. Ltd, and he was elected President of the International Vegetarian Society (IVU) from 1971 to 1990.[2] He was also Vizepräsident of the Anti-Vivisection Society.[2]

They had five children.[1] Daughter Rosemary qualified as an osteopath, and three of the four sons also qualified in Medicine.[2]

References
  1. Long, Alan (2 October 1998). "Obituary: Dr Gordon Latto". The Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. Sigrid De Leo. "Att-Gordon Latto has died at the age of 87". European Vegetarian Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. The High School of Dundee Magazine "How our F.P.s are faring at the Universities". The Dundee High School of Dundee Magazine. December 1936. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. Berry, Ryann. (1979). The Vegetarians. Autumn Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-394-73633-8
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