caption death_date death_place birth_place citizenship subject birth_date alt period image article_title name occupation alma_mater
rynn san francisco berry at the 2012 world vegetarian congress in 09 january 2014 new new york , usa york methodist hospital , new york city , honolulu , hawaii , usa united states vegetarianism and veganism 31 january 1945 rynn san francisco berry at the 2012 world vegetarian congress in late 20th century ; early 21st century file world vegetarian congress -lrb- 432p , by dilip barman -rrb- :20121009 . jpg rynn berry , san francisco , after rynn berry
 rynn berry author university of pennsylvania , columbia university
rynn berry

rynn berry -lrb- january 31 , 1945 -- january 9 , 2014 -rrb- was an american activist and author of books about vegetarianism .
berry wrote a chapter on the history of the raw food movement for `` becoming raw : the essential guide to raw vegan diets '' , principally written by brenda davis and vesanto melina .
he also co-authored , with chris abreu-suzuki , an annual `` vegan guide to new york city '' , the first exclusively vegetarian guidebook .
rynn berry 's books have been translated into many languages and were reedited numerous times .
his book `` famous vegetarians and their favorite recipes '' -lrb- 1993 , 2003 -rrb- has been compared to howard williams 's classic `` the ethics of diet '' .
besides his books , he also wrote entries on vegetarianism and related issues for the `` oxford encyclopedia of american food and drink '' and `` the oxford companion to food and drink in america '' , as well as many articles and interviews published in vegetarian-themed magazines .
