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Wigmore (hundred)
Wigmore may refer to: People *Ann Wigmore, U.S. holistic health practitioner *Ben Wigmore (b. 1982), Australian baseball player *Clive Wigmore (1892–1969), English footballer *Gillian Wigmore (b. 1976), Canadian poet *Gin Wigmore (b. 1986), New Zealand singer-songwriter *John Henry Wigmore (1863–1943), U.S. jurist, or his book, ''Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law'' (often known as "''Wigmore on Evidence''" or "''Wigmore''") *Joseph Wigmore (b. 1892), English footballer *Lionel Wigmore (1899–1989), Australian military historian and journalist *Lucy Wigmore, New Zealand actress *Robert Wigmore (b. 1949), Cook Islands politician *Rupert Wilson Wigmore (1873–1939), Canadian politician *Walter Wigmore (1873–1931), English footballer *William Campion (Jesuit), alias William Wigmore, (1599–1665), an English Jesuit Places *Wigmore, Luton, Bedfordshire, England *Wigmore, Herefordshire, England *Wigmore, Kent, England *Wigmore Street, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Wigmore
Ann Wigmore (March 4, 1909 – February 16, 1994) was a Lithuanian–American Alternative medicine, holistic health practitioner, Naturopathy, naturopath and Raw foodism, raw food advocate. Influenced by the 'back to nature' theories of Maximilian Bircher-Benner, she maintained that plants concentrated more solar energy ('Vital Force') than animals, and that wheatgrass could detoxify the body. She also deplored food additives. Although the Ann Wigmore Foundation received accreditation as a non-profit, many of her claims were denounced as quackery, and her qualifications were never confirmed to be genuine. Historical context Wigmore was inspired in part by the ideas of Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867–1939), who was influenced as a young man by the German ''Lebensreform'' movement, which saw civilization as corrupt and which sought to go "back to nature"; it embraced holistic medicine, nudism, various forms of spirituality, free love, exercise and other outdoors activity, and fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |