Andrea Rabagliati

Who was Andrea Rabagliati?

Andrea Carlo Francisco Rabagliati was the author of books on dietary practice.

Andrea Rabagliati was the son of Giacomo Rabagliati, a political refugee from Italy. He graduated with a Master of Arts from the University of Edinburgh, spent some time in Demerara in what was then British Guyana, then arrived in Bradford as a young house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary. He was invested as a Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He lived in Whinbrae, Ben Rhydding, Yorkshire, England.

He was a convinced vegetarian, who favoured two meals a day, with eight hours between them.

He married Helen Priscilla McLaren, daughter of Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright, on 25 May 1877. She was the President of Ben Rhydding Women's Unionist Association for 28 years and of the Wharfedale Conservative Women's Club for several years after World War One. They had five children including Euan Rabagliati and Herman Victor Rabagliati.