Thursday, May 14, 2009

Jotello F. Soga - where he studied

Jotello Festiri Soga studied veterinary medicine at the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies (Dick Vet), Edinburgh. He qualified in 1886, and was awarded the gold medal for botany.

The college was reconstituted as an integral part of the University of Edinburgh in 1951 and became a full faculty in 1964. Reorganisation of the university in 2002 abolished faculties and the Dick Vet is now a part of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. The Faculty's degree in Veterinary medicine is accredited in the UK, Canada, and the United States.

He is listed as one of the college's notable alumni, as shown in the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_(Dick)_School_of_Veterinary_Studies

Notable alumni
Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, President of the RCVS (1875-77) and as such unified the veterinary profession.
William Robertson, Principal of London Vet College 1881-87
George Fleming, Founder of the Veterinary Journal in 1875, architect of the 1881 Vet Surgeons Act
James Law, The first professor of veterinary medicine in the United States (Cornell)
James McCall, Established the Glasgow Vet College in 1862
William Williams, the Welsh veterinary surgeon who founded of the New Veterinary College in Edinburgh in 1873 (which went on to become the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Liverpool) and author of several standard works on veterinary science
John Luke Poett, the first veterinary surgeon in the Canadian North West Mounted Police.
Andrew Smith, founder of the Ontario Veterinary College, Canada, the oldest veterinary college in the Americas
Sir Thomas Dalling, Director of Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
Sir John McFadyean, principal of the London Veterinary School and credited as the founder of modern veterinary science
Duncan McNab McEachran, Established the Montreal Vet College in 1875
JOtello Festiri Soga, First South African veterinary surgeon
Albert E. Mettam, First Principal of Royal Vet College, Dublin
Sir Stewart Stockman, Built first UK research laboratories (Weybridge) President of the RCVS (1923-24)
Sir John N. Ritchie, Chief Veterinary Officer, the highest veterinary post in the Government, Dean of Royal Vet College, London
John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the first practical pneumatic tyre, and founder of Dunlop Rubber Company
Sir Alexander Robertson, CBE, MA, BSc (Aber), PhD (Edin), FRIC, FRSE
Robin Coombs, He devised 'The Coombs Test', a critical diagnostic test for use in haematology and blood transfusion.
Noah M. Wekesa, Minister for Science and Technology in the Kenyan Government
Hamish Moore, Through his recordings, teaching, and pipe-making he has done much to promote the bellows blown pipes of Scotland.

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