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Salt, Henry Shakespear Stephens
Pessoa singular · 1851-1939

Henry Shakespear Stephens Salt was an English writer and campaigner for social reform in the fields of prisons, schools, economic institutions, and the treatment of animals. He was a noted ethical vegetarian, anti-vivisectionist, socialist, and pacifist, and was a literary critic, biographer, classical scholar and naturalist. Salt is considered by some to be the "father of animal rights", having been one of the first writers to argue explicitly in favour of animal rights, rather than just improvements to animal welfare in his Animals' Rights: Considered in Relation to Social Progress. He formed the Humanitarian League in 1891

Sambourne, Edwin Linley
Pessoa singular · 1844-1910

Edward Linley Sambourne was an English cartoonist and illustrator

Scott, Robert Falcon
Pessoa singular · 1868-1912

Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901-1904 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-1913

Semon, Felix, Sir
Pessoa singular · 1849-1921

Sir Felix Semon was a German-British pioneer in neurobiology and a prominent laryngologist in the United Kingdom. He is responsible for Semon's law

Smith, John
Pessoa singular · 1798-1888

John Smith was a British botanist who was the first curator at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, starting in 1841

Sorby, Henry Clifton
Pessoa singular · 1826-1908

Henry Clifton Sorby was an English microscopist and geologist. His major contribution was the development of techniques for studying iron and steel with microscopes. This paved the way for the mass production of steel

Sowerby, William
Pessoa singular · 1869-1871

William Sowerby was a botanist, illustrator and Secretary of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park, London