Lewis Gompertz was an English philosopher, writer, inventor, and social reformer associated with early animal protection in Britain. Born into a Jewish family of London diamond merchants, he argued that killing or using animals for human purposes was morally wrong. He avoided animal products and other goods derived from animals, a practice later described as an early form of veganism.
- Occupation
- philosopher, writer, inventor, social reformer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1783
- Died
- December 2, 1861
