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Kenneth Romanes (13 March 1866 – 3 May 1951) was an English translator, writer, and vegetarianism activist. He was known as one of the co-founders of the Humanitarian League, a British radical advocacy group.

Life and career

Romanes was born on 13 March 1866 in Sydenham, Kent. He was the cousin of the scientist George Romanes.

In 1886, Romanes joined the Vegetarian Society while working as a patent agents assistant. In 1891, he was one of the founding members of the Humanitarian League, along with Henry S. Salt, Howard Williams, Alice Drakoules, and Edward Maitland; Romanes' occupation was listed as translator.

Romanes later moved to Germany, where he wrote articles for The Vegetarian Messenger about the German vegetarian movement. He also wrote for the German vegetarian journals Vegetar. Vorwaerts and Vegetarische Warte. In 1895, Romanes married Auguste Marie Flath in Berlin. Romanes translated books from German into English: one by Heinrich Pudor and two by Louis Kuhne.

Romanes died in Darmstadt, Hessen, on 3 May 1951.

Translations

• Naked People: A Triumph-Shout of the Future (1894) by Heinrich Pudor
• The New Science of Healing (1901) by Louis Kuhne
• Hand-Book of the Science of Facial Expression or the New System of Diagnosis (1902) by Louis Kuhne

References

1. Arolsen Archives, Digital Archive; Bad Arolsen, Germany; Lists of Persecutees 2.1.1.1.
2. ^ Gregory, James Richard Thomas Elliott (2002). "Biographical Index of British Vegetarians and Food reformers of the Victorian Era". The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1840–1901: A Study of Its Development, Personnel and Wider Connections (PDF). Vol. 2. University of Southampton. p. 99. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
3. "Humanist Heritage: The Humanitarian League (1891-1919)". Humanist Heritage. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
4. Gregory, James (2007-06-29). Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-85771-526-5.
5. Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Heiratsregister.
6. "Search: "Kenneth Romanes"". WorldCat. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
7. Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv; Wiesbaden, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Sterberegister; Laufende Nummer: 901.

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• Activists from Kent
• English emigrants to Germany
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• People associated with the Vegetarian Society
• People from Sydenham, London
• Vegetarianism writers
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• 19th-century English non-fiction writers
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