Gordon Latto (doctor)

Scottish doctor, nutritionist, naturopath, and activist (1911–1998)

For the ice hockey player, see Gordon Latto (ice hockey).

Gordon Latto

Latto and his wife Barbara, March 1938

Born| (1911-06-26)26 June 1911

Dundee, Scotland

Died| 2 September 1998(1998-09-02) (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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Long, Alan (2 October 1998). "Obituary: Dr Gordon Latto". The Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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
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.

## External links

[edit]

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

* v
* t
* e

Naturopathy

Practices|

* Acupuncture
* Apitherapy
* Aromatherapy
* Balneotherapy
* Barefoot running
* Bates method
* Chelation therapy
* Chromotherapy
* Chiropractic
* Colon cleansing
* Ear candling
* Fasting
* Grape therapy
* Halotherapy
* Hydrotherapy
* Naturism
* Herbalism
* Homeopathy
* Iridology
* Mud bathing
* Nature therapy
* Oil pulling
* Ozone therapy
* Reflexology
* Reiki
* Rolfing
* Sungazing
* Urine therapy
* Yoga as therapy

Naturopaths|

* Otto Abramowski
* Bertrand P. Allinson
* Thomas Allinson
* R. F. E. Austin
* J. Ellis Barker
* Fereydoon Batmanghelidj
* Robert Bell
* Harry Benjamin
* Henry G. Bieler
* Friedrich Eduard Bilz
* Carlos Brandt
* Rudolf Breuss
* Haydn Brown
* James Burns
* Stanley Burroughs
* Otto Carque
* Paul Carton
* Thierry Casasnovas
* Eugene Christian
* John Christopher
* Hulda Regehr Clark
* Victor Dane
* Emmet Densmore
* Kurt Donsbach
* George J. Drews
* Gaston Durville
* Arnold Ehret
* August Engelhardt
* Emanuel Felke
* Jesse Mercer Gehman
* Theodor Hahn
* Gayelord Hauser
* Adolphus Hohensee
* J. Stenson Hooker
* Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
* Archibald Hunter
* Adolf Just
* Hans Kalm
* Henry Valentine Knaggs
* Sebastian Kneipp
* Louis Kuhne
* Heinrich Lahmann
* Gordon Latto
* Eric Ledermann
* Elmer Lee
* Henry Lindlahr
* Evarts G. Loomis
* Benedict Lust
* Reddie Mallett
* Jacques de Marquette
* Catherine Nimmo
* Ernest Nyssens
* Cyril V. Pink
* Eric F. W. Powell
* Vincenz Priessnitz
* Edward Earle Purinton
* Arnold Rikli
* J. P. Sandlands
* Edgar J. Saxon
* Gustav Schlickeysen
* Johann Schroth
* Ernst Schweninger
* Herbert M. Shelton
* John Henry Tilden
* Russell Thacher Trall
* Frank Newman Turner
* Alfred Vogel
* Ann Wigmore
* Robert O. Young
* Arno Wolle

Beliefs|

* Detoxification
* Germ theory denialism
* Holism
* Leaky gut syndrome
* Mucoid plaque
* Natural hygiene
* Vaccine hesitancy
* Vitalism

Critics|

* Kimball Atwood
* Stephen Barrett
* Barry Beyerstein
* Arthur J. Cramp
* David Gorski
* Martin Gardner
* Morris Fishbein
* Britt Marie Hermes
* Terence Hines
* Carl Malmberg
* Steven Novella
* Wallace Sampson

Related|

* Alternative medicine
* Pseudoscience
* Quackery

* Category
* Commons

* v
* t
* e

Veganism and vegetarianism

Perspectives|

| Veganism|

* Animal-free agriculture
* Black veganism
* Fruitarianism
* History
* Raw veganism
* Straight edge
* Hardline
* Nutrition
* Vegan organic agriculture
* Vegan school meal
* Vegan studies

|

Vegetarianism|

* Economic vegetarianism
* Environmental vegetarianism
* History (Romantic Era)
* Orthopathy
* Lacto vegetarianism
* Lacto-ovo vegetarianism
* Ovo vegetarianism
* Cuisine
* Vegetarian Diet Pyramid
* Ecofeminism
* Nutrition
* By country

Lists|

* Vegetarians
* Vegans
* Fictional characters
* Festivals
* Organizations
* Vegan media

Ethics|

| Secular|

* Animal rights
* Animal welfare
* Carnism
* Deep ecology
* Environmental vegetarianism
* Ethics of eating meat
* Meat paradox
* Nonviolence
* Replaceability argument
* Sentientism
* Speciesism
* Tirukkuṟaḷ

|

Religious|

* Buddhism
* Christianity (Seventh-day Adventist Church)
* Hinduism
* Sattvic
* Ahimsa
* Islam
* Jainism
* Judaism
* Pythagoreanism
* Rastafari
* Sikhism
* Taoism

Food
and drink|

* List of vegetarian and vegan companies
* Dairy alternatives
* Coconut milk
* Plant cream
* Plant milk
* Soy yogurt
* Cheese
* Meat alternatives
* List of meat substitutes
* Bacon
* Burgers
* Duck
* Hot dogs
* Jambon
* Quorn
* Sausage roll
* Seitan
* Tempeh
* Tofu
* Tofurkey
* Gelatin substitutes
* Vegetarian mark
* Beer
* Wine

Groups
and events|

| Vegan|

* American Vegan Society
* Beauty Without Cruelty
* China Vegan Society
* Food Empowerment Project
* Go Vegan
* Nederlandse Vereniging voor Veganisme
* Our Hen House
* Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
* Plamil Foods
* Vegan Awareness Foundation
* Vegan flag
* Vegan Outreach
* Vegan Prisoners Support Group
* The Vegan Society
* Veganmania
* Vegetarian Resource Group
* Veganuary
* Veganz
* World Vegan Day

|

Vegetarian|

* Alcott House
* Bible Christian Church
* Boston Vegetarian Society
* Christian Vegetarian Association
* Eden Gemeinnützige Obstbau-Siedlung
* European Vegetarian Union
* French Vegetarian Society
* Hare Krishna Food for Life
* International Vegetarian Union
* Jewish Veg
* Meat-free days
* Meatless Monday
* Friday fast
* North American Vegetarian Society
* Order of the Golden Age
* ProVeg Deutschland
* ProVeg International
* ProVeg Nederland
* Scottish Vegetarian Society
* Swissveg
* Toronto Vegetarian Association
* Vegetarian Federal Union
* Vegetarian Society
* Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
* Veggie Pride
* Viva! Health
* World Esperantist Vegetarian Association
* World Vegetarian Day

Films|

* The Animals Film (1981)
* Diet for a New America (film) (1991)
* A Cow at My Table (1998)
* Meet Your Meat (2002)
* Post Punk Kitchen (2003–2005)
* Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
* Earthlings (2005)
* A Sacred Duty (2007)
* Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead (2010)
* Planeat (2010)
* Forks Over Knives (2011)
* Vegucated (2011)
* Live and Let Live (2013)
* Cowspiracy (2014)
* PlantPure Nation (2015)
* What the Health (2017)
* Carnage (2017)
* Dominion (2018)
* Eating You Alive (2018)
* The Game Changers (2018)
* Maa Ka Doodh (2023)
* You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024)

Magazines|

* Naked Food
* Satya
* The Vegetarian Magazine
* Vegan Journal
* Vegetarian Times
* VegNews
* The Animals' Agenda

Books,
reports,
journals|

* On Abstinence from Eating Animals (3rd century)
* An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty (1802)
* Vegetable Cookery (1812)
* A Vindication of Natural Diet (1813)
* Reasons for not Eating Animal Food (1814)
* Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes (1824)
* Nature's Own Book (1835)
* Fruits and Farinacea (1845)
* The Pleasure Boat (1845)
* The Ethics of Diet (1883)
* What is Vegetarianism? (1886)
* Shelley's Vegetarianism (1891)
* Behind the Scenes in Slaughter-Houses (1892)
* Why I Am a Vegetarian (1895)
* Figs or Pigs? (1896)
* Fifty Years of Food Reform (1898)
* Thirty-nine Reasons Why I Am a Vegetarian (1903)
* The Meat Fetish (1904)
* The New Ethics (1907)
* A Fleshless Diet (1910)
* The Benefits of Vegetarianism (1927)
* Living the Good Life (1954)
* Ten Talents (1968)
* Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
* The Vegetarian Epicure (1972)
* Moosewood Collective Cookbooks (1973)
* The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook (1975)
* Laurel's Kitchen (1976)
* Moosewood Cookbook (1977)
* Fit for Life (1985)
* Diet for a New America (1987)
* The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990)
* Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (1997)
* The China Study (2005)
* Skinny Bitch (2005)
* Livestock's Long Shadow (2006)
* The Bloodless Revolution (2006)
* Eating Animals (2009)
* Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2009)
* The Vegan Studies Project (2015)
* Animal (De)liberation (2016)
* The End of Animal Farming (2018)
* Vegetable Kingdom (2020)
* Making a Stand for Animals (2022)
* Meat Atlas (annual)

Restaurants|

| Active|

* Ben & Esther's Vegan Jewish Deli
* Cinnaholic
* Crossroads Kitchen
* Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro
* Greens Restaurant
* Elizabeth's Gone Raw
* Hiltl Restaurant
* Little Pine
* Moosewood Restaurant
* Purezza
* Slutty Vegan
* Souley Vegan
* The Sound Lounge
* Veggie Galaxy
* Veggie Grill

|

Former|

* Cranks
* Food for Thought
* InSpiral Lounge
* Lentil as Anything
* Minerva Café
* New Riverside Cafe
* Nix
* Penny Cafeteria
* Pink Peacock
* The Hollow Reed
* The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel

Related|

* Vegetarian and vegan symbolism
* Juice fasting
* Vegetarian and vegan dog diet
* Vegaphobia
* Plant-based diet
* Plant-based action plan
* Sustainable diet
* Low-carbon
* Planetary health

* v
* t
* e

Vegetarian Society

Presidents|

* James Simpson (1847–1849)
* William Harvey (1849–1870)
* James Haughton (1870–1873)
* Francis William Newman (1873–1884)
* John E. B. Mayor (1884–1910)
* William E. A. Axon (1911–1913)
* Ernest Bell (1914–1933)
* Peter Freeman (1937–1942)
* W. A. Sibly (1938–1959)
* Gordon Latto (1960–1987)
* Isobel Wilson (1987–1989)
* Kathy Silk
* Maxwell G. Lee

Vice-Presidents|

* Edwin Arnold
* Edmund J. Baillie
* T. H. Barker
* Thomas Baty
* Annie Bradshaw
* Helen Brotherton
* James Clark
* Edwin Collier
* C. H. Collyns
* John Davie
* George Dornbusch
* A. W. Duncan
* Charles W. Forward
* Peter Foxcroft
* T. Anderson Hanson
* Edward Hare
* William Hoyle
* A. O. Hume
* Anna Kingsford
* Lady Emily Lutyens
* Frank Merrick
* Edward Maitland
* John Malcolm
* Alfred Mansfield Mitchell
* W. J. Monk
* Thomas Owen
* Isaac Pitman
* Henry Stephens Salt
* Percy Scholes
* Dugald Semple
* Lady Mount Temple
* W. Gibson Ward
* Howard Williams

Staff|

* Henry B. Amos (secretary)
* Albert Broadbent (secretary)
* James Clark (treasurer)
* John Davie (secretary)
* William Harrison (treasurer)
* Joseph Knight (secretary)
* R. Bailey Walker (secretary)

Publications|

* The Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger (1861–1897)
* What is Vegetarianism? (1886)
* Shelley's Vegetarianism (1891)

Related groups|

* Alcott House
* Bible Christian Church
* London Food Reform Society
* London Vegetarian Society
* The Vegan Society
* Vegetarian Federal Union

* Category
* Commons

*[m.]: married
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template