Geburtsdatum | Dienstag, 03. Oktober 1916 |
Geburtsort | Sunderland, County Durham, England |
Todesort | Thirlby |
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Beschreibung | 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. He is best known for writing a series of eight books set in the 1930s–1950s Yorkshire Dales about veterinary practice, animals, and their owners, which began with If Only They Could Talk, first published in 1970. Over the decades, the series of books has sold some 60 million copies. |
I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs.
For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
