Elton Raymond Shaw (1886–1955) was a churchman, author and publisher, lecturer and educator, campaigner in the prohibition and temperance movement and a naturist.
By 1910, he was married and living in Grand Rapids with his wife Mable (née Bacon) and her parents.
[1] In 1937 Elton published his book on nudism The Body Taboo: Its Origins, Effects and Modern Denial.
In a Lansing State Journal article dated August 24, 1936, Shaw explained his interest in nudism began when he learned of the 1934 case of People vs.
[citation needed] Shaw served in leadership roles in the Methodist Episcopal Church.