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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.
Herriot is probably best known today for giving his name to the writer James Herriot, a Yorkshire vet whose real name was Alf Wight. Wight needed a pen-name to comply with professional rules banning advertising and chose Jim Herriot's name after seeing him play for Birmingham City in a televised match against Manchester United.
Timothy was born in Bala in 1940. [1] He is the son of Anglican priest and BBC announcer Andrew Timothy and his first wife, Gwladys Marian nee Hailstone. [2] [3]When aged five Timothy moved with his family to south London, and at thirteen to Shrewsbury, where he attended Kingsland Grange Preparatory School and Priory Grammar School for Boys, [4] and trained at the Central School of Speech and ...
The latest adaptation of veterinary surgeon James Herriot’s famous stories, All Creatures Great and Small “returns to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales for a fourth season of timeless and heart ...
The fourth series began airing on 5 October 2023 in the UK and on 7 January 2024 in the US. [8] The fifth series began airing on 19 September 2024 in the UK. On 23 February 2024, PBS announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth and sixth series, and that Callum Woodhouse would return as Tristan Farnon. [9]
In 1937, newly qualified vet James Herriot travels to Yorkshire for the post of assistant in Siegfried Farnon’s practice. He learns the facts of country life, but has to overcome the prejudices of the Darrowby locals who are sceptical of the novice vet's ability. In between cases, Herriot courts farmer’s daughter Helen Alderson.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
James Herriot (1916–1995), British veterinary surgeon and writer Jim Herriot (born 1939), Scottish footballer John George Herriot (1916–2003), mathematician