VET/5/5 - Photograph of staff and students of the Veterinary School - 1928
Photograph of the Veterinary School, University of Liverpool, Staff and students outside the Old Medical School Building with key to names.
| Archive level description: | Sub-series |
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| Physical Description: | 1 photograph, 1 typescript sheet |
| Previous ID: | D83 |
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| Summary: | Photograph of the Veterinary School, University of Liverpool, Staff and students outside the Old Medical School Building with key to names. |
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| Date: | 1928 |
| Reference Number: | VET/5/5 |
| Related Material: | See D198, tape recorded recollections of George Weston, 1977 |
| Biographical/Administrative Information: | George Weston, Chief Technician, Department of Veterinary Pathology, on the staff of the Unversity of Liverpool from 1927-1948 and 1951-1971, d. 30 Sep 1978 The University of Liverpool School of Veterinary Medicine was opened in 1904 at a time when there were only 5 Veterinary colleges in the UK. Initially accommodated in the Medical School it moved, in 1908-1909, to a modest location in Brownlow Street. The School grew steadily under the leadership of John Share Jones, being transferred in the 1920s to Bedford Street North with a small animal hospital being erected in 1929 in Pembroke Place. Share Jones was succeeded in 1941 by Prof J G Wright. The School has continued to grow through the Leahurst Field Station and further developments to the Liverpool School. In 1960 the Veterinary Anatomy and Pathology departments moved to Brownlow Hill. |