Eric Frederick William Powell (28 August 1899 – 8 December 1989) was a British herbalist, homeopath and naturopath.
Powell was born in Cinderford in 1899.[1] He was educated at Cinderford Grammar School. He married Irene Sharp and resided in Harpenden.[1][2] Powell wrote many books, also under the pseudonym Peter Rusholm.[2] He was the first to define phytotherapy in 1934.[3][4]
Powell was a vegetarian in his personal life. He lectured throughout the United Kingdom on correct breathing techniques, exercise, and vegetarianism.[5][6][7][8] Powell argued that humans were designed by nature to be vegetarians and that meat-eating was "corpse eating".[9][10]
He was on the editorial board of Homoeopathic World. He died in 1989.[11]
