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James Herriot (1916 - 1995)

Category: Scottish Literature

Born: October 3, 1916
Sunderland, England

Died: February 23, 1995
Thirsk, Yorkshire, England

Related authors:
Beatrix Potter, Kenneth Grahame, Margaret Wise Brown

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2/23/1995		James Herriot, "Decent Feller" On this day in 1995 James Alfred Wight, better-known as James Herriot, died at the age of seventy-eight. Wight went to the Yorkshire Dales in 1940, fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College. Over 2300 packed his memorial service in York Minster Cathedral; over 100,000 a year now visit the museum at the site of the original practice; over sixty million copies of his books have been sold.

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All Creatures Great and Small fiction
All Things Bright and Beautiful fiction
James Herriot's Treasury for Children children, fiction

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All Things Herriot: James Herriot and His Peaceable Kingdom by Sanford V. Sternlicht guide, biography
James Herriot: A Critical Companion by Michael J. Rossi guide
James Herriot: The Life of a Country Vet by Graham Lord biography
Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father by Jim Wight memoirs

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