Robert Dudley Jolly (born 1 October 1930) is a New Zealand veterinary academic, currently an emeritus professor at

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

, specialising in animal pathology. Much of his research has been into animal models of human disease, including

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and

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. Born in

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in 1930, Jolly was educated at

King's College, Auckland King's College (Latin: ''Collegium Regis''; mi, Kīngi Kāreti), often informally referred to simply as King's, is an independent secondary boarding and day school in New Zealand. It educates over 1000 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years. King's was o ...

from 1945 to 1948. He studied

veterinary science Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

at the

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, graduating

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with second class honours in January 1955. He then spent five years in veterinary practice in

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, before returning to Sydney for doctoral studies and completing his

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in 1964. Jolly was appointed a senior lecturer at Massey University the following year, retiring in 1995 with the title of emeritus professor. Jolly was elected a

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in 1985, and in 1995 he won the society's Hector Medal. In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours he was appointed a

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for services to veterinary science.

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1930 births Living people People from Hamilton, New Zealand People educated at King's College, Auckland University of Sydney alumni New Zealand veterinarians Academic staff of Massey University Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit 20th-century New Zealand scientists 21st-century New Zealand scientists {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub