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Albert Broadbent FSS FRHS (15 February 1867 – 21 January 1912) was an English food lecturer, writer and vegetarianism activist.

Albert Broadbent FSS FRHS
Portrait c. 1902
Born	(1867-02-15)15 February 1867 Hollingworth, England
Died	21 January 1912(1912-01-21) (aged 44) Manchester, England
Occupation	Lecturer, writer
Spouse(s)	Christina Harrison

Biography

Broadbent was born in Hollingworth; he later married Christina Harrison.[1] Broadbent became the secretary of the Vegetarian Society in 1895. He represented the International Congresses at Paris, Dresden, St. Louis and London.[1] He was an active member of the Vegetarian Federal Union and attended all their meetings from 1893.[2]

Broadbent was Secretary of the Vegetarian Society (1895–1912) and was succeeded by Henry Brown Amos.[3] He lectured extensively on food reform. Broadbent was a Fellow of the Statistical Society and the Royal Horticultural Society.[1] He was editor of The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review.[1]

Broadbent's book Science in the Daily Meal argued that a vegetarian diet is capable of providing the body its highest state of physical development. Broadbent listed one hundred Uric Acid free recipes.[4] The book promoted the consumption of plasmon but this food was controversial as not all vegetarians advocated its use. In 1903, J. P. Sandlands wrote a rebuttal to Broadbent's book entitled Science in the Daily Meal Criticised, or Plasmon Confounded.[5] Broadbent published an abridged edition of Howard Williams' book The Ethics of Diet, in 1907.[6]

Broadbent started vegetarian eating establishments in Edinburgh,[7] Aberdeen and Leicester, with the intention of bettering the social position of women, by providing them the opportunity to earn a living wage. The meals were also provided at a low price, so that poorer people would be able to access vegetarian meals; this enterprise ended in failure and, as result, Broadbent suffered a significant financial loss. After experiencing a complete nervous breakdown,[8] Broadbent died on 21 January 1912.[1]

Selected publications

• Forty Vegetarian Dinners (1900)
• Andrew Glendinning’s Apple Tree Cookery Book and Guide to Rational Diet (Edited and Arranged by Albert Broadbent, 1902)
• "Diet in Relation To the Problem of Poverty" (Journal of the Sanitary Institute, 1902)
• "Shall We Slay to Eat?" (Good Health, November 1902), pp. 537–538
• Science in the Daily Meal (1902)
• The Vegetarian Textbook (Edited by Albert Broadbent, 1903)[9]
• The Building of the Body (1903)
• How to Keep Warm (1904)
• Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables: Their Use as Food and Medicine (1908)
• Salads: Their Uses as Food & Medicine (1909)
• "Fifty Valuable Meatless Recipes" (Physical Culture, 1910)
• 160 Meatless Recipes (1925)

References

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