Amoroso, Emmanuel Ciprian (1901–1982), veterinary embryologist and endocrinologist, was born on 16 September 1901 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the third child in the family of eight sons (one of them adopted) and three daughters of Thomas Amoroso, bookkeeper and later estate owner, and his wife, ...
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Amoroso, Emmanuel Ciprian (1901–1982), veterinary embryologist and endocrinologist
A. O. Betts
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Blaine, Delabere Pritchett (1770–1845), veterinary writer and practitioner
Louise Hill Curth
Blaine, Delabere Pritchett (1770–1845), veterinary writer and practitioner, was born in the parish of Cripplegate, London, on 18 May 1770, the son of the Revd Henry Blaine, a dissenting minister, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Delabear Pritchett. He was baptized at St David’s Cathedral, Pembrokeshire...
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Bodger, Michael Roland [Micky] Steele- (1925–2019), veterinarian and rugby union player and administrator
Huw Richards
Bodger, Michael Roland [Micky] Steele- (1925–2019), veterinarian and rugby union player and administrator, was born at 28 Lichfield Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire, on 4 September 1925, the second son of Henry William (Harry) Steele-Bodger (1896–1952), veterinary surgeon and president of the ...
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Brown, Sir George Thomas (1827–1906), veterinary surgeon
Ernest Clarke
revised by Sherwin A. Hall
Brown, Sir George Thomas (1827–1906), veterinary surgeon, born in London on 30 December 1827, was the elder son of Thomas Brown of Notting Hill Terrace, London, and his wife, Grace Bryant. Colonel Sir William James Brown KCB (1832–1918), was his younger brother. After being educated privately ...
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Clater, Francis (bap. 1754?, d. 1823)
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Clater, Francis (bap. 1754?, d. 1823), farrier and veterinary writer
Sherwin A. Hall
Clater, Francis (bap. 1754
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Clover, Joseph (1725–1811), veterinary surgeon and farrier
Gordon Goodwin
revised by Linda Warden
Clover, Joseph (1725–1811), veterinary surgeon and farrier, son of a blacksmith, was born in Norwich on 12 August 1725. He benefited from some early schooling and learned his trade working alongside his father. When he was seventeen his father died and Joseph took over the family business, providing support for his mother and three siblings. About 1750 he attracted the notice of ...
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Dick, William (1793–1866), veterinary surgeon and founder of the Edinburgh Veterinary College
J. E. Phillips
Dick, William (1793–1866), veterinary surgeon and founder of the Edinburgh Veterinary College, was born on 6 May 1793 at Whitehorse Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, the second of three children who survived beyond infancy of John Dick (c.1769–1844), and his wife, Jane (Jean) Anderson (...
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Fleming, George (1833–1901), veterinary surgeon
Ernest Clarke
revised by Linda Warden
Fleming, George (1833–1901), veterinary surgeon, was born at Glasgow on 11 March 1833, the son of Henry Fleming, a working shoeing smith in the city, and his wife, Janet. Early in life he was taken by his father to Manchester, where both were employed in the farrier's shop of a veterinary surgeon. He subsequently entered the service of a well-known veterinary surgeon of ...
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Gamgee, John (1831–1894), veterinary surgeon and inventor
Sherwin A. Hall
Gamgee, John (1831–1894), veterinary surgeon and inventor, was born in the via de Pizzacotti, Florence, Italy, the fourth of the eight children of Joseph Gamgee (1801–1894) and his wife, Mary Ann, daughter of John and Sarah West of Honiton, Devon. His elder brother, ...
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Gresswell, Dan (1819–1883), veterinary surgeon
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revised by Linda Warden
Gresswell, Dan (1819–1883), veterinary surgeon, the son of William Gresswell, a farmer, was born on 13 May 1819 at Kelsey Hall, Spilsby, Lincolnshire. He entered the Royal Veterinary College, London, in March 1839 and passed his examinations on 18 June 1840, the same year in which he was elected a fellow of the ...
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Hayes, Matthew Horace (1842–1904)
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Hayes, Matthew Horace (1842–1904), veterinary surgeon, horse-tamer, and equestrian author
Erica Munkwitz
Hayes, Matthew Horace (1842–1904), veterinary surgeon, horse-tamer, and equestrian author, was born at Kilcully, county Cork, Ireland, on 23 January 1842, the son of Horace Hayes, a flour miller and town councillor in Cork, and his second wife, Elizabeth Jamieson. Hayes preferred outdoor sports to schooling, but his favourite pursuit was ‘riding every horse upon which I could get a leg up’ (...
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Henderson, Sir William MacGregor [Gregor] (1913–2000), veterinary virologist and scientific administrator
Fred Brown
Henderson, Sir William MacGregor [Gregor] (1913–2000), veterinary virologist and scientific administrator, was born on 17 July 1913 at 14 Cameron Park, Edinburgh, the son of William Simpson Henderson (b. 1870), manager of a Christmas card works, and his wife, Catherine Alice Marcus (...
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Hobday, Sir Frederick Thomas George (1870–1939)
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Sir Frederick Thomas George Hobday (1870–1939) by unknown photographer The Historical Collection, The Royal Veterinary College
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Hobday, Sir Frederick Thomas George (1870–1939), veterinary surgeon
T. Hare
revised by Linda Warden
Hobday, Sir Frederick Thomas George (1870–1939), veterinary surgeon, was born at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, on 3 November 1870, the eldest son of Thomas Hobday, a brewer's manager for Messrs Bass, and Mary Newbold, his wife. Educated at Burton grammar school, he left to work for his uncle's coal business. After a short time he moved to ...
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Jarrett, William Fleming Hoggan (1928–2011)
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Jarrett, William Fleming Hoggan [Bill] (1928–2011), veterinary pathologist
Edward Boden
Jarrett, William Fleming Hoggan [Bill] (1928–2011), veterinary pathologist, was born at 55 Craigmont Drive, Glasgow, on 2 January 1928, the son of James Jarrett, a joiner who also ran an agricultural smallholding, and his wife, Jessie Williams, née Hoggan. He had an older brother, ...
