JESSE LEWIS-TALK ON FIRST SA VET
Today we spoke to American Jesse Lewis about the talk he will be having at the Iziko Museum about the first South African Vet Dr Jotello Soga.
Born in the Cape Colony, the 4th son of the Reverend Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa and
a Scots mother (Janet Burnside), he was the first South African born man to qualify as a veterinarian. It is recorded that he entered the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh in 1881 and obtained his MRCVS in April 1886. After qualifying he returned to South Africa and on 01.11.1889 he was appointed as Duncan Hutcheon's (P.V.O. Cape Colony) second assistant (J.D. Borthwick was the first) and served as a District Veterinarian in many places in the Cape Colony. The hard and dangerous work he undertook in combating Rinderpest by the "stamping out" process caused a deterioration in his health and he was forced to resign from the service in 1899. He died on 06.12.1906 on Mr A P Fitchett's farm, Amalinda and was buried there.
a Scots mother (Janet Burnside), he was the first South African born man to qualify as a veterinarian. It is recorded that he entered the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh in 1881 and obtained his MRCVS in April 1886. After qualifying he returned to South Africa and on 01.11.1889 he was appointed as Duncan Hutcheon's (P.V.O. Cape Colony) second assistant (J.D. Borthwick was the first) and served as a District Veterinarian in many places in the Cape Colony. The hard and dangerous work he undertook in combating Rinderpest by the "stamping out" process caused a deterioration in his health and he was forced to resign from the service in 1899. He died on 06.12.1906 on Mr A P Fitchett's farm, Amalinda and was buried there.Tuesday 28 August 2007
Speaker: Jesse Lewis
Topic: Dr Jotello Soga
Speaker: Jesse Lewis
Topic: Dr Jotello Soga
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