James Herriot
James Herriot is the pen name of James Alfred Wight, known as Alf (October 3, 1916 - February 23, 1995), a British veterinary surgeon and writer. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Wight was born in Roker, Sunderland, England, his parents' original home, but grew up in Glasgow, Scotland. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ At the age of twenty-three he qualified as a veterinarian. Wight worked in a rural practice in the town of Thirsk in the Dales of Yorkshire, England, and is best known as the author of a series of books about his life working as a vet and his training in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. In his books, Thirsk's fictional counterpart is named 'Darrowby'.
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