Joseph Henry Carter (1857–1930) was a leading British veterinarian, serving as President of the
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1913/14 and 1920.
Life
He was born on 5 May 1857, in
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
,
Yorkshire to Joseph Shepherd Carter (died 1905), a farmer's son who trained as a vet at the main
London Veterinary School. He was the second of three sons, all of whom became vets.
He trained both in London and in
Edinburgh (at the
Royal Dick Veterinary College).
From 1901 to 1913 he was a member of
Burnley Town Council, where his veterinary practice was based. On this Town Council he served as Chairman of the Highways and Sewage Committee. During both the
Second Boer War and
First World War he served as a Veterinary Transport Officer in
South Africa.
He was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh
The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was established i ...
in 1905.
In 1920 he took over his father's practice in
Burnley, Lancashire.
He died on 15 May 1930.
Family
In 1888 he married Amy Veevers, only daughter of John Sharples Veevers J.P.
They had at least one son, George Veevers Carter.
References
1857 births
1930 deaths
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellows of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
British veterinarians
Medical doctors from Bradford
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