Jon Wynne-Tyson
English author and publisher (1924–2020)
Jon Wynne-Tyson
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Born |
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1924-07-06
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6 July 1924
Hampshire
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Died |
26 March 2020
(2020-03-26)
(aged
95)
West Sussex
, England
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Education | Brighton College |
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Spouses |
Joan Stanton
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m.
1950
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divorced
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Jennifer Tyson
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m.
1956
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Children | 2 |
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Jon Linden Wynne-Tyson (6 July 1924 – 26 March 2020) was an English author, publisher, [1] [2] Quaker , activist and pacifist , who founded Centaur Press in 1954. [3] He ran Centaur Press from his home in Sussex and was a distinguished independent publisher. [2] [4] He authored books on animal rights and vegetarianism . [1] At one time Wynne-Tyson held the title of " King of Redonda ", a literary title referencing a small island. [5]
Life and writings
Jon Linden Wynne-Tyson was born in Hampshire , England on 6 July 1924. [6] His mother was Esmé Wynne-Tyson , a former child actress and writer, [7] and his father was Linden Charles Tyson, an officer in the Royal Air Force . [2] He attended Brighton College , but left at age 15, when his father could not longer afford the school fees after rejoining the RAF, on the outbreak of World War II . [6] Wynne-Tyson was registered as a conscientious objector , so did not fight in the war, instead working as a market gardener with other pacifists and Quakers. [6]
In 1950, Wynne-Tyson married Joan Stanton, they had a daughter together. In 1956, after their divorce, he married Jennifer Tyson (no relation); they also had a daughter. [6]
In 1985, he received the Animal Rights Writing Award from the International Society for Animal Rights . [8] His work The Extended Circle , was endorsed by animal rights philosophers Tom Regan and Peter Singer . [9]
In 1989, Wynne-Tyson published the play Marvellous Party about his mother and a visit from her close friend Noël Coward . He later adapted it into a radio play which was broadcast on the BBC world service in May 1994. [10]
His last book was an autobiography entitled Finding the Words: A Publishing Life , [11] which focused on his life in publishing. His autobiography also details the friendship between his mother and Noël Coward. [4]
In 2016, he became a patron of Quaker Concern for Animals. [12]
Wynne-Tyson died on 26 March 2020, at the age of 95. [6] [13]
Centaur Press
Founded in 1954, Centaur Press was a full-time independent publishing company until it was sold to another small publisher, in 1998. [6] The output from Centaur Press ranged from small stories illustrated by his first wife Joan Stanton, to the substantial hardback series Centaur Classics , which included such titles as Leland's five-volume Itinerary in England and Wales , Tyndale's translation of the Pentateuch , and Burns' Commonplace Book . [11] The company expanded into humane education , under the imprint, Kinship Library, [6] releasing titles on topics such as vegetarianism, animal rights, and related philosophy. [6] The firm also published works of fiction ( So Say Banana Bird ), classical literature and philosophy ( The Myths of Plato ) and poetry.
Vegetarianism
Wynne-Tyson was the author of the book, Food for a Future: The Ecological Priority of a Humane Diet , first published in 1975. It was republished as Food for a Future: The Complete Case For Vegetarianism , in 1979. The book argues from anatomy, physiology, and pathology, that humans are naturally vegetarian and provides ecological necessities for giving up eating and slaughtering animals. [14] [15]
Reviewing the book in the New Scientist magazine, science writer Colin Tudge commented that the "man-is-a-vegetarian thesis is ecological unnecessary, and biology unsound", but that vegetarians do have worthwhile things to say. [14] The book was negatively reviewed in the Medical History journal. [15]
Wynne-Tyson's book Food for a Future has a chapter "The Further Step" which is supportive of veganism but he remained a vegetarian in his personal life. [8]
See also
Selected publications
- Accommodation Wanted (Britannicvs Liber: 1951)
- Civilized Alternative: Pattern for Protest (Centaur Press: 1972) ISBN 978-0900000805
- Food for a Future: The Ecological Priority of a Humane Diet (HarperCollins: 1975) ISBN 978-0706701425
- Food for a Future: The Complete Case For Vegetarianism (Centaur Press: 1979) ISBN 978-0900000973
- So Say Banana Bird (Pythian: 1984) ISBN 978-0946849000
- The Extended Circle: A Dictionary of Humane Thought (Centaur Press: 1985, 2009 revised and expanded ed.) ISBN 978-0900001215
- Food for a Future: How World Hunger Could be Ended by the Twenty-first Century (Thorsons: 1988) ISBN 978-0722514405
- Marvellous Party (Open Gate Press: 1989) ISBN 978-0714541785
- Publishing Your Own Book (Centaur Press: 1989) ISBN 978-0900001284
- Anything Within Reason (Oakroyd Press: 1994) ISBN 978-0951221013
- Finding the Words: A Publishing Life (Michael Russell Publishing Ltd.: 2004) ISBN 978-0859552875
References
- 1 2 Walters, Kerry S. , Portmess, Lisa, 1999, Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer , SUNY Press, p. 233, ISBN 0-7914-4044-3 .
- 1 2 3 Hoare, Philip (21 May 2005). "Manuscripts and the Master" . ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 26 June 2020 .
- ↑ Handley-Taylor, Geoffrey (1958). International Who's Who in Poetry . Vol. 2. Ely: International Biographical Centre. p. 155.
- 1 2 Newley, Patrick (4 March 2005). "Coward's confidante - Esme Wynne" . The Stage . Archived from the original on 5 March 2012 . Retrieved 26 June 2020 .
- ↑ Sooke, Alastair (14 May 2017). "Stephen Chambers and the Kingdom of Redonda: art's biggest in-joke?" . The Telegraph . ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 26 June 2020 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Jon Wynne-Tyson, publisher of varied interests who founded Centaur Press – obituary" . The Telegraph . 21 May 2020. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 26 June 2020 .
- ↑ Storm, Mike (May 1975). "The Wynne-Tyson effect" . The Vegetarian . Retrieved 26 June 2020 .
- 1 2 "Rebel with a Cause" . The Vegan . Winter 1985 . Retrieved 26 June 2020 .
- ↑ "The Extended Circle" . Animal Friends Croatia . Retrieved 9 October 2019 .
- ↑ "Jon Wynne-Tyson - Marvellous Party" . BBC . Retrieved 9 October 2019 .
- 1 2 Lister, Michael (2005). "Finding the Words" . Textualities . Retrieved 25 October 2010 .
- ↑ Ryder, Richard D. (8 February 2017). "QCA welcomes our new patron, Jon Wynne-Tyson" . Quaker Concern for Animals . Retrieved 9 October 2019 .
- ↑ Gardner, Barbara (1 April 2020). "In Memory of Jon Wynne-Tyson" . Animal Interfaith Alliance . Retrieved 19 April 2020 .
- 1 2 Tudge, Colin (22 May 1975). "A need for new recipes" . New Scientist . Vol. 66, no. 950. p. 466. ISSN 0262-4079 .
- 1 2 "Jon Wynne-Tyson, Food for a future; the ecological priority of a humane diet, London, Davis-Poynter, 1975, 8vo, pp. 183, £3.50" . Medical History . 20 (3): 332. July 1976. doi : 10.1017/S0025727300022821 . ISSN 2048-8343 .
External links
- Famous Vegetarians - Jon Wynne-Tyson
- " Dietethics: Its Influence on Future Farming Patterns " by Jon Wynne-Tyson
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