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Dugald Semple (1884 — 1964), was a Scottish advocate of "simple living", a naturalist, prolific author, and fruitarian.〔(Cathie & Dugald Semple ) Retrieved : 2014-03-26〕 He is sometimes credited with cofounding the vegan movement in 1944 (with Dorothy and Donald Watson and other friends) without using the term 'vegan'.〔(Edmundson, J. ‘Joys Of The Simple Life’ – By Dugald Semple – Now 100 Years Old, o1/23/2015, accessed 02/01/2015 )〕 Semple's mother hailed from a farm near Beith, and his father worked as a tailor. He was born in Johnstone near Paisley, Scotland.〔Abrams, Page 186〕 Cathie Amos was his wife who predeceased him, dying of heart failure in 1941,〔 Dugald died in Fairlie.〔 They had no children, although Cathie had a son named Ian who was killed in WWI.〔 ==Life== Dugald won a bursary to Paisley Grammar School and served an apprenticeship as an engineering draughtsman. In 1907 he moved into a tent, and later an old omnibus located on Linwood Moss.〔 In 1916 he was a conscientious objector and thus exempted from war service on condition that he continued lecturing on food economy.〔 Dugald Semple, vegan and 'Scottish Apostle of the simple life,'〔(Scottish Vegetarian Society ) Retrieved ; 2011-09-17〕 farmed at Davie's o'the Mill near Beith in North Ayrshire from the 1930s until around 1950, when it was a smallholding. Dugald was a hippy before hippies officially existed and started living in an army tent from 1907. He was sometimes known as the 'Hut Man' from living in his 'hut on wheels' or caravan 〔 and therefore probably did not live in the house. He later lived in Fairlie.〔 Semple preached self-responsibility and care for others.〔(The Scotsman ) Retrieved : 2011-09-19〕 Curiously for a vegetarian he appears in a photograph of Davie's o'the Mill to be keeping chickens.〔 He regularly appeared on radio programmes, including ''Out with Romany'' and ''Hutman of the BBC''.〔Abrams, Page 188〕 He lived with his wife Cathie in London for two years when he was the secretary of the Vegetarian Society.〔 A regular visitor to Ailsa Craig, he was known locally as the 'Bird Man' and was an enthusiast for outdoor living, publishing a book entitled ''A Free Man's Phiosophy''. He welcomed walkers and cyclists who often camped on his land.〔Reid (2000), Page 47〕 In 1963 Dugald detailed his journey towards Vegetarianism: ''I began rather drastically over 50 years ago () by cutting out not only all meat or flesh foods, but milk, eggs, butter, tea and coffee. Cheese I have never eaten; indeed I hate the very smell of this decayed milk. Next, I adopted a diet of nuts, fruit, cereals and vegetables. On this Edenic fare I lived for some ten years, and found that my health and strength were greatly improved. () While I was in London (during World War I), I found it necessary to add some dairy products to my meals, but on returning to Scotland I gradually eliminated these again.''〔 In later life he lived in a modern cottage and even owned a car.〔Abrams, Page 189〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dugald Semple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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