Barbara Moore (nee Anna Cherkasova ; December 22, 1903 - May 14, 1977 ) [1] - a Russian-born vegetarian enthusiast who became famous in the early 1960s for long-distance trips.
| Barbara Moore | |
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| Barbara moore | |
 Barbara Moore (1961) | |
| Birth name | Anna Cherkasova |
| Date of Birth | December 22, 1903 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | May 14, 1977 (73 years old) |
| Place of death | London  |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire β  the USSR Great Britain |
| Occupation | |
In the USSR, learned to be an engineer, won the USSR championship in long-distance motocross in 1932.
Emigrated to the UK, where she became a doctor of medicine.
In December 1959 she passed from Edinburgh to London. In the early 1960s, the route passed from John O'Groats to the Lands End (1349 km - the extreme points of the island of Great Britain) in 23 days. For 86 days, she crossed the United States (5450 km) from San Francisco to New York , where she arrived on July 6, 1960 [2] .
She was a vegetarian and a Britarian. [3] During the campaigns she ate only nuts, honey, raw fruits and vegetables [4] .
She died in a London hospital on May 14, 1977.
Notes
- β Dr. Barbara Moore, Who Walked Across US, Is Dead at 73 , New York Times (May 15, 1977). Date of treatment November 23, 2018.
- β The Wheatgrass Book, Ann Wigmore
- β List of Breatharians
- β Obituary: Robert Lamb, Conservationist with a warning for the world about deforestation , The Guardian (October 14, 2005). Date of treatment November 23, 2018.