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   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.

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   Alf Wight is the Real James Herriot. Like the character of James Herriot, James Alfred Wight grew up in Glasgow. However, he was born to English parents in the English town of Sunderland,...

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4. www.examinerlive.co.uk › news › tvThe real James Herriot: All Creatures Great and Small vet's ...

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   Aug 13, 2024 · James Alfred Wight, known as Alf, retired from full-time practice in 1980 but continued part-time work for another nine years before officially retiring. His share of the practice was bequeathed to his son Jim, also a vet, in his will.

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   James Herriot. Writer: All Creatures Great and Small. Alf Wight ("James Herriot") was born on 3 October 1916 in Sunderland, near Newcastle. However the family moved to Yoker, a suburb of Glasgow, when Alf was three weeks old. He attended Glasgow Veterinary School.

   • Occupation: Writer
   • Birth Date: October 3, 1916

   • Author: James Herriot
   • Death Date: February 23, 1995

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   James Herriot. Writer: All Creatures Great and Small. Alf Wight ("James Herriot") was born on 3 October 1916 in Sunderland, near Newcastle. However the family moved to Yoker, a suburb of Glasgow, when Alf was three weeks old. He attended Glasgow Veterinary School.

   • Birth Date: October 3, 1916

   • Death Date: February 23, 1995

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   Sep 26, 2024 · Although All Creatures fans will know the titular vet as James Herriot, this was actually a pen name for real-life surgeon James Alfred Wight, who was born in Sunderland in 1916 but moved to...

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   Jan 10, 2021 · James Herriot was the pen name chosen by James Alfred “Alf” Wight, a rural veterinarian whose semi-autobiographical stories about caring for animals in the Yorkshire Dales have been enjoyed by...

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    Where was Alf Wight born?

    • Alf Wight ("James Herriot") was born on 3 October 1916 in Sunderland, near Newcastle. However the family moved to Yoker, a suburb of Glasgow, when Alf was three weeks old. He attended Glasgow Veterinary School. He moved to Thirsk, North Yorkshire, in 1940, to work for Donald Sinclair ("Siegfried Farnon") at his practice at 23 Kirkgate.

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    Who is Alf Wight?

    • Unlike the James of our MASTERPIECE series, Alf Wight started his career at the outset of WWII, the family tells us. He completed his veterinary degree in 1939 and had one previous stint as a veterinarian in Sunderland, England where his mom’s relatives lived, before joining the North Yorkshire veterinary practice.

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    Who is James Alfred Wight?

    • James Alfred “Alf” Wight is the authentic Yorkshire vet and with the help of his children, Jim Wight and Rosie Page, we learn exactly which of these beloved and unconventional characters are true to life and which are pure fiction. Like the character of James Herriot, James Alfred Wight grew up in Glasgow.

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    Where did James Alfred Wight grow up?

    • Like the character of James Herriot, James Alfred Wight grew up in Glasgow. However, he was born to English parents in the English town of Sunderland, according to his children. His family moved to Glasgow when he was only three weeks old. His father worked in the shipyards and his mother was a dressmaker.

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    Was Alf Wight a Glaswegian?

    • Mrs. Wight and her 3-week-old baby returned to Glasgow, where Alf Wight had a happy, if poor, working class upbringing in the industrial city for the next twenty-odd years. He always considered himself a Glaswegian at heart and certainly sounded like one! Where did Alf Wight (a.k.a. James Herriot) have his veterinary practice?

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    Does Alf Wight have a Scottish accent?

    • Though both Alf Wight and his character James Herriot speak with a Scottish accent, Wight is actually a born Englishman. His English parents moved into a tenement apartment in Glasgow early in their marriage. Young Hannah Wight returned to her family home in Sunderland, England to give birth in October 1916. Mrs.

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