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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.
Original name plates for Donald Sinclair (Siegfried Farnon) and Alf Wight (James Herriot) on display at the James Herriot museum in Thirsk, UK. Donald Vaughan Sinclair (22 April 1911 – 28 June 1995) was a British veterinary surgeon who graduated from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in 1933.
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]
Young James Herriot is a three-part BBC television series based on the life of veterinary student James Herriot. It was based on notes in the Herriot archive and the archives of the Glasgow Veterinary College , including the diaries and case notes the author kept during his student years, and was produced with the cooperation of his family.
Announced in July 2010 with the title Young James, the series was devised by Johnny Byrne, a scriptwriter on All Creatures Great and Small, and consultant producer Kate Croft. [1] Byrne, who died in 2008 during the development of the series, knew Alf Wight (who wrote under the pen name Herriot) and his passion and experience convinced Croft ...
James Herriot, pen name of Veterinary surgeon James Alfred Wight (1916–1995), author of semi-autobiographical books based on his career. [76] [77] Jay Jopling (born 1963), art dealer credited with popularising the Young British Artists [78] Thomas Lord (1755–1832), founded Lord's Cricket Ground [79]
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Martin Wight was born on 26 November 1913 in Brighton, Sussex.He attended Bradfield College and in 1931 went to Hertford College, Oxford, to read modern history.He took a first-class honours degree and stayed at Oxford for a short period afterwards engaged in postgraduate research.