Edward Carpenter
(1844-1929)
British poet and academic
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Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, and early activist for gay rights and animal rights. He was a noted advocate for vegetarianism and against vivisection, topics on which he wrote extensively. As a philosopher he was particularly known for his publication of Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure. Here he described civilisation as a form of disease through which human societies pass.
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29 August 1844 Hove, Sussex, England
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28 June 1929 (aged 84) Surrey, England
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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