WILLIAMS
,
WILLIAM
(
1832
-
1900
),
veterinary surgeon
;
b. in the parish of
Cefn Meiriadog
near
S. Asaph
, the son of
William
Williams
, and grandson of
Thomas
Williams
, a well-known
farrier
in his day. At the age of 17, he took up his grandfather's profession, but his health broke down when he was 20, and he went to
Australia
for three years. On his return, he entered
Dick's Veterinary College
,
Edinburgh
. In
1857
he embarked on a very successful career at
Bradford
, and in
1866
was appointed
principal
of his old college; but about
1871
he founded the new
Veterinary College
in
Edinburgh
. He was regarded as an authority in his profession, published a number of standard works, and in
1879-80
was
president
of the
R.C.V.S
. He d. in
1900
. He had a son,
WILLIAM
WILLIAMS
(
1860
-
1911
),
b. at
Bradford
,
1860
, who studied in his father's college and in
Paris
, and who became first a
professor
and then (
1900
)
principal
of the
New Veterinary College
; in
1903
he was appointed
veterinary surgeon to the royal stables
; in
1904
he was elected to the
chair of
animal medicine and surgery
in the
University of Liverpool
. He d.
7 Sept. 1911
.
Bibliography:
-
Eminent Welshmen
, 1908
(for W. Williams);
-
Who was who?
(for W. O. Williams).
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
