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James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author. Born in Sunderland , Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to become a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire , where he practised for almost 50 years.
23 Kirkgate, Thirsk, the former veterinary surgery of Sinclair, his brother Donald, and James "Alf" Wight (James Herriot) Sinclair was born at Harrogate on 27 September 1915. [ 1 ] His father, James, [ 2 ] was the son of a crofter who had moved from the Isle of Sanday in the late 19th century. [ 3 ]
The World of James Herriot. World of James Herriot Ltd is a visitor attraction in the former Thirsk home and veterinary surgery of author James Herriot. [1] [2]Displays include recreations of James Herriots 1940s flat; depictions of rural life and veterinary practice at the time, together with sets and props used for the 1978 BBC All Creatures Great and Small television series based on his books.
Young James Herriot is a three-part British television drama based on the early life of veterinary surgeon James Herriot.It is part of a series of movies and television series based on Herriot's novels.
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[2] According to Wight's son, James, the Siegfried character in the novels and TV series was considerably toned down, and that Sinclair was even more eccentric than the Herriot books portrayed. [6] The New York Times also confirmed Sinclair's eccentric real-life behaviour: he once fired a shotgun during a dinner party, informing his guests that ...
Reader's Digest Condensed Books was a series of hardcover anthology collections, published by the American general interest monthly family magazine Reader's Digest and distributed by direct mail. Most volumes contained five (although a considerable minority consisted of three, four, or six) current best-selling novels and nonfiction books which ...
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