Gordon Latto (doctor)

Gordon Latto
Gordon Latto
	Latto and his wife Barbara, March 1938
Born	26 June 1911; Dundee, Scotland
Died	2 September 1998 (aged 87); Reading, England
Occupation(s)	Doctor, nutritionist, naturopath, activist
Years active	1935–1995
Spouse	Barbara Krebs (m. 1938)
Children	5

Gordon Latto (25 June 1911 – 2 September 1998) was a Scottish doctor, nutritionist, naturopath, and advocate for vegetarianism and against vivisection. He served as President of both the Vegetarian Society and International Vegetarian Union.

Biography

Gordon Latto was born on 25 June 1911, in Dundee, Scotland.^[1] His father initially served as Deputy Town Clerk in Dundee before being promoted to the position of Town Clerk. Following the conclusion of the First World War, his parents were acquainted with The Order of the Cross and adopted a vegetarian lifestyle soon thereafter.^[2] Latto studied at the High School of Dundee, and qualified as a doctor in 1935 at the University of St Andrews.^[1]^[3]

In 1938, After marrying Barbara Krebs (1911–2000), who was German, the couple toured Germany, where they learned about the Sebastian Kneipp's hydrotherapy clinic in Munich and visited several other naturopathic clinics. His wife also had a correspondence with Dr. Bircher-Benner, a raw food advocate and founder of the Bircher Clinic in Zurich. Latto and his wife were both vegetarians.^[4] Latto had several well-known patients, including Sir Francis Chichester, who sailed round the world.^[1]

In 1960, Latto succeeded W. A. Sibly as President of the Manchester Vegetarian Society.^[5] He remained as president until 1987, overseeing the merger of the Manchester and London Vegetarian Societies into the Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom.^[2] He also served as president of the International Vegetarian Union (IVU) from 1971 to 1990.^[2] In addition, he was Vice-President of the Anti-Vivisection Society.^[2]

Latto retired from practising medicine in 1995.^[2] He died on 2 September 1998, in Reading, England.^[1]

Personal life

Latto and his wife had five children.^[1] His daughter qualified as an osteopath, and three of their four sons also qualified in Medicine.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Long, Alan (2 October 1998). "Obituary: Dr Gordon Latto". The Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sigrid De Leo. "Att-Gordon Latto has died at the age of 87". European Vegetarian Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
^ The High School of Dundee Magazine "How our F.P.s are faring at the Universities". The Dundee High School of Dundee Magazine. December 1936. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ Berry, Ryann. (1979). The Vegetarians. Autumn Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-394-73633-8
^ Aoyagi, Akiko; Shurtleff, William (7 March 2022). History of Vegetarianism and Veganism Worldwide (1430 BCE to 1969): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Soyinfo Center. p. 1261. ISBN 978-1-948436-73-1.

External links

Quotations related to Gordon Latto at Wikiquote
International Vegetarian Union - Dr. Gordon Latto

[:0-1] Long, Alan (2 October 1998). "Obituary: Dr Gordon Latto". The Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[:1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sigrid De Leo. "Att-Gordon Latto has died at the age of 87". European Vegetarian Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

[3] The High School of Dundee Magazine "How our F.P.s are faring at the Universities". The Dundee High School of Dundee Magazine. December 1936. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[4] Berry, Ryann. (1979). The Vegetarians. Autumn Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-394-73633-8

[:4-5] Aoyagi, Akiko; Shurtleff, William (7 March 2022). History of Vegetarianism and Veganism Worldwide (1430 BCE to 1969): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Soyinfo Center. p. 1261. ISBN 978-1-948436-73-1.

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