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James Herriot

1916 - 1995

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James Alfred Wight (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Herriot is the 1,963rd most popular writer (up from 2,789th in 2019), the 1,745th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,079th in 2019) and the 189th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, James Herriot ranks 1,963 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles de Brosses, Leopoldo Alas, Fred Vargas, Thomas Kyd, Theophylact of Ohrid, and Basil Valentine. After him are Agnes Smedley, Marin Držić, Clark Ashton Smith, Nicholas Sparks, Methodius of Olympus, and Alejandra Pizarnik.

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Among people born in 1916, James Herriot ranks 88. Before him are Archie Moore, Archduke Felix of Austria, Manea Mănescu, Shirley Jackson, Ri Jong-ok, and Ray Conniff. After him are José Manuel Moreno, Mika Špiljak, Jane Jacobs, Betty Grable, Yekaterina Budanova, and Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu. Among people deceased in 1995, James Herriot ranks 93. Before him are Václav Neumann, Theodor Wisch, Elisha Cook Jr., Franciszek Gajowniczek, Ann Dunham, and Arturo Frondizi. After him are Annie Fischer, Morarji Desai, Gabriel Urgebadze, Dirceu, Kingsley Amis, and Ida Lupino.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, James Herriot ranks 1,745 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Sidgwick (1838), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Dave Hill (1946), Sandford Fleming (1827), Thomas Kyd (1558), and William Prout (1785). After him are Neil Tennant (1954), Colin Davis (1927), Paul Scholes (1974), Ken Russell (1927), Elsa Lanchester (1902), and Michael Ventris (1922).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Herriot ranks 189. Before him are Robert Faurisson (1929), A. S. Byatt (1936), Mary Norton (1903), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), James Murray (1837), and Thomas Kyd (1558). After him are Robert Southey (1774), George Meredith (1828), Robert Chambers (1802), Philip Sidney (1554), Anne Perry (1938), and George MacDonald (1824).

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