Ernest Jackson Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior (23 June 1926 – 8 May 2017) was a British

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and

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. In 1990 he was made a

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life peer and sat in the

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until his retirement in December 2015.

Biography

Soulsby was brought up in the former county of Westmorland on the family farm at Williamsgill, Newbiggin, Temple Sowerby. He was educated at

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, and then at the

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.Who's Who 2007 Published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd Soulsby was Professor of Animal Pathology at the

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from 1978 to 1993. He was a

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from 1978. Soulsby was a Veterinary Officer for the

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from 1949 to 1952, and then a lecturer in Clinical Parasitology at the

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from 1952 to 1954. From 1954 to 1963 Soulsby was a lecturer in Animal Pathology at the University of Cambridge. He was Professor of Parasitology at the

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until 1978, when he returned to the University of Cambridge as Professor of Animal Pathology. Before his retirement, Soulsby was also a visiting professor at various universities in Europe and the United States. He was an honorary member of numerous international parasitology societies and has been awarded numerous honorary degrees and awards. Soulsby was a member of the Council of the

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from 1978 and was a past President of the

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, past President of the

and was Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He was created a

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on 22 May 1990 as Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, of

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in the County of Cambridgeshire and was introduced in the

on 12 June 1990, where he sat as a

until his retirement on 31 December 2015. He served on the Government's inquiry into fox hunting and was an expert adviser to the UK Government on animal welfare, science and technology, biotechnology and environmental issues. He was in addition the President of the

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and the President of the Royal Institute of Public Health until 2008, when it merged with the Royal Society of Health to become the

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(RSPH). He served the new body as President until the end of 2009 and was an Honorary Fellow of the RSPH. Soulsby was also veterinary surgeon to Her Majesty

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. He published 14 books, as well as articles in various veterinary journals. In 1962, Soulsby married Annette Williams. Soulsby died on 8 May 2017 at his home in Swaffham Prior at the age of 90.

References

External links

Lord Soulsby's page at TheyWorkForYou.com
* Who's Who 2007 Published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd

Selected works

* Textbook of Veterinary Clinical Parasitology 965* Biology of Parasites

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* Epidemiology and Control of Nematodiasis in Cattle

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