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Richard D. Ryder

1940 - Today

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Richard Hood Jack Dudley Ryder (born 3 July 1940) is an English writer, psychologist, and animal rights advocate. Ryder became known in the 1970s as a member of the Oxford Group, a group of intellectuals loosely centred on the University of Oxford who began to speak out against animal use, in particular factory farming and animal research. He was working at the time as a clinical psychologist at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford, and had himself been involved in animal research in the United Kingdom and United States. In 1970, Ryder coined the term speciesism to describe the exclusion of nonhuman animals from the protections available to human beings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard D. Ryder is the 5,332nd most popular writer (up from 5,624th in 2019), the 4,256th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,343rd in 2019) and the 460th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Richard D. Ryder ranks 5,332 out of 7,302. Before him are Claude Mauriac, Henjō, Peter F. Hamilton, Juris Alunāns, Platon Oyunsky, and Thomas Love Peacock. After him are Mikhail Shishkin, Gamal El-Ghitani, Edward Rutherfurd, Takashi Tezuka, Carol J. Adams, and Ernest Dowson.

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Among people born in 1940, Richard D. Ryder ranks 431. Before him are Taylor Wang, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Marju Lauristin, Jacques Duquesne, Slaven Zambata, and Barbara Boxer. After him are Wolfgang Clement, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Michael Herr, Fred Hansen, Mary Ellen Mark, and Mary Beth Peil.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard D. Ryder ranks 4,257 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter F. Hamilton (1960), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Bonnie Wright (1991), Richard J. Evans (1947), Daniel Harding (1975), and Frank Dillane (1991). After him are Stephen Gardiner (1497), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Spike Edney (1951), Ernest Dowson (1867), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), and Joseph Bramah (1748).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard D. Ryder ranks 460. Before him are Norman Smith (1923), Edward Carpenter (1844), George Grove (1820), Roger Hargreaves (1935), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), and Thomas Love Peacock (1785). After him are Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Ernest Dowson (1867), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Michael Frayn (1933), Ramsey Campbell (1946), and Aneirin (525).

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