William Cowherd
Male, Deceased Person
1763 – 1816
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Who was William Cowherd?
Reverend William Cowherd was a Christian minister serving a congregation in the City of Salford, immediately west of Manchester, and one of the philosophical forerunners of the Vegetarian Society founded in 1847. Cowherd advocated and encouraged members of his then small group of followers, known as 'Cowherdites' to abstain from the eating of meat as a form of temperance.
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