Arthur Helps

Sir Arthur gives 10 July 1813 – 7 March 1875 was an English writer together with dean of a Privy Council. He was a Cambridge Apostle together with an early advocate of animal rights.

Animal rights

Helps was an early advocate of animal rights and was concerned approximately animal cruelty. He authored Some Talk about Animals and Their Masters in 1873. The book is notable for extending rights even to insects. Edward Nicholson dedicated his book Rights of an Animal 1879 to Helps.