Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
under Richard Martin
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Eva Gore-Booth | Several of EGB
's volumes are intensely concerned with religious issues. Her emphasis on love and empathy also shaped the social and political commitments she maintained during the last years of her life: she and... |
| Education | Ethel Mannin | The child EM
received a prize from the RSPCA
, presented by the Queen of Portugal
at the Crystal Palace, for an essay on cruelty to animals. The Portuguese monarchy was overthrown in October... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Martin | Her paternal grandfather, Richard Martin
, was known as Humanity Martin or Humanity Dick: a humanitarian, an Irish MP, and founder of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
. Boylan, Henry, editor. A Dictionary of Irish Biography. 2nd ed., St Martin’s Press, 1988. |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Anna Sewell | At the time of publication the novel generated debate over the treatment of horses, and may have helped to raise public awareness about the cruelty inflicted by the bearing rein, which was outlawed shortly after... |
| Occupation | Queen Victoria | Princess Alexandrina Victoria
became patron of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
, along with her mother, the Duchess of Kent
. Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press, 1996. xiii |
| Occupation | Frances Power Cobbe | When the RSPCA
refused to support the anti-vivisection campaign, a new organisation was required. Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004. 237 |
| politics | Anna Steele | She was an active supporter of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
, and, along with the rest of her family, opposed animal vivisection, supporting a parliamentary Bill for its abolition... |
| politics | Dora Greenwell | She opposed vivisection and maintained an interest in the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
. Dorling, William. Memoirs of Dora Greenwell. James Clarke, 1885. 235 |
| politics | Louisa Anne Meredith | LAM
co-founded in Hobart the first Tasmanian branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
. Brothers, Barbara, and Julia Gergits, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 166. Gale Research, 1996. 166: 263 |
| politics | Florence Nightingale | Near the end of her life, FN
took an interest in the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
, which she contacted for information on the protection of wild birds. She also gave... |
| politics | Matilda Betham-Edwards | Though MBE
attended, together with a male friend, a meeting of the International Working Men's Association
presided over by Karl Marx
, she did so more as an observer than as a sympathiser. She felt... |
| politics | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
was a fervent anti-vivisectionist. She followed the issue of experiments on animals closely from early in her career. By 1874 she was petitioning the RSPCA
to pursue legislation restricting vivisection: Robert Browning
, Thomas Carlyle |
| politics | Emily Faithfull | EF
was also interested in a range of other social causes: she advocated improved housing and sanitation for the poor, and championed the rights of children and animals, promoting the endeavours of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children |
| Reception | Ethel Mannin | This was about the same time that she received a prize offered by the RSPCA
for the best essay written by a child on the topic of cruelty to anomals. Huxter, Robert. Reg and Ethel. Sessions Book Trust, 1992. 82 |
Timeline
1861: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty...
Building item
1861
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(RSPCA) published the manual Cruelty to Animals.
Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate : The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age. Harvard University Press, 1987.
147-8
August 1862: An international congress about the role...
National or international item
August 1862
An international congress about the role of vivisection at the Crystal Palace helped form Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
policy on the issue.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
32-3
1896: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty...
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1896
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
admitted women to its council.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
31
1912: Herbert Jenkins founded his own publishing...
Writing climate item
1912
Herbert Jenkins
founded his own publishing firm in London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
173
Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
60
3 September-7 September 1939: Approximately 400,000 London pets were put...
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3 September-7 September 1939
Approximately 400,000 London pets were put down by the RSPCA
during the first four days of the war. The animals were turned in as a patriotic gesture to save food.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
7
Turner, Ernest Sackville. The Phony War on the Home Front. Michael Joseph, 1961.
113-15
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