Straiton, Eddie, 1917-2004
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Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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Veterinarians
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found: The horse owner's vet book, 1973(usage: E.C. Straiton)
found: Positively vetted!, 1983:t.p. (Eddie Straiton)
found: LC data base, 7-12-94(hdg.: T.V. Vet, 1917- ; usage: T.V Vet; TV Vet [i.e. Edward Cornock Straiton]; E.C. Straiton; Eddie Straiton)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 2 February 2024:Eddie Straiton (Edward Cornock Straiton OBE; born 27 March 1917 at Clydebank, Dunbartonshire; studied at Glasgow veterinary school; started his veterinarian practice in the 1940s in Penkridge, Staffordshire, began television career as a host giving advice on animal health on the television show Farming Today in 1957, took a regular slot on BBC Radio's Jimmy Young Show in 1977, served as the studio-based technical advisor for the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small, and wrote a series of popular veterinary books on farm animals and domestic pets; appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1998; known as "the TV vet"; died 30 October 2004; he)
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1994-07-12: new
2024-02-08: revised
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