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Entries by Clare Boulton
Queen Victoria and the vet who ‘took this turn for horses’
/1 Comment/in News/by Clare BoultonAs part of the celebrations for her Diamond Jubilee the Queen recently launched a website documenting the life of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. The site contains the journals that Queen Victoria kept from the age of 13 (1832) until just before her death in 1901. The diaries contain a staggering 43,765 pages. After her death Queen […]
Peeping behind the curtains: a look at our Historical Collection
/0 Comments/in Archive stories, News/by Clare BoultonCurious about what we keep behind our doors? Intrigued about the beginnings of the veterinary profession? Want to know the origins of the RCVS Presidential Regalia? We cover all that and more in an exciting new publication which the Trust and the RCVS have recently produced. The RCVS Collection: paintings, artefacts, presidential regalia, books and […]
Spoken Histories
/0 Comments/in Archive stories, News/by Clare BoultonIf you listen to Radio 4 regularly you can’t have failed to have heard the trailers for The Listening Project. The Listening Project is a partnership between BBC Radio 4, BBC local and national radio stations, and the British Library in which people are asked to share a conversation with a close friend or relative, […]
Robert Stordy’s extraordinary journey
/1 Comment/in Archive stories, News/by Clare BoultonWe are delighted to announce the publication of a new book: Robert Stordy in Abyssinia: an extraordinary veterinary surgeon The main body of book is an account of an extraordinary journey made by Robert Stordy which is held in our archives. Stordy worked for the colonial veterinary service in British East Africa; in 1911 he decided […]
A time for reflection: Lieutenant Vincent Fox
/0 Comments/in Archive stories, News/by Clare BoultonLast Friday the Royal College was delighted to accept a portrait of Lieutenant Vincent Fox from his great grand-nephew. Vincent Fox was killed in action on the 26 August 1914: the first member of the RCVS to die during World War 1. His obituary in the Veterinary Record 3 October 1914, simply read: Vincent Fox, MRCVS, […]
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