William Christopher Miller

William Christopher Miller FRSE (19 May 1898 – 17 December 1976) was a 20th century British veterinary surgeon and author. He was President of the National Veterinary Association in 1940.

Life

Miller was born in the British Central Africa Protectorate in1898 and was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Colchester in England. He then trained as a veterinary surgeon at the Royal Dick Vet School in Edinburgh.

Around 1920 he began lecturing in Animal Hygiene at the East of Scotland College of Agriculture in Glasgow. In 1928 he moved to Edinburgh University to lecture in Animal Genetics.[1]

In 1930 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Francis Albert Eley Crew, James Ritchie, Orlando Charnock Bradley and James Hartley Ashworth.[2]

In 1935 he was offered a chair as Professor of Animal Husbandry at the Royal Veterinary College in London. He was created Director of the College in 1946 and held this role until his retirement in 1966.[3]

In 1945 he undertook a major survey of animal husbandry in the West Indies.[4]

Publications

  • Some Parasites of British Sheep (1925)
  • Practical Animal Husbandry (1933 with multiple later editions)
  • Encyclopedia of Animal Care (1972)

References

  1. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  2. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  3. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  4. ↑ Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 1945
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