Brian Sinclair

Wallace Brian Vaughan Sinclair (27 Sep 1915 - 13 December 1988), universally known as Brian, was a British veterinary surgeon who worked for a time with his elder brother Donald and Alf Wight (better known as 'James Herriot'). He worked as a student vet employed by his brother, until graduating from the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College in Edinburgh, in 1943 before joining the Army Veterinary Corps in India. On demobilisation he joined the Ministry of Agriculture's Sterility Advisory unit, rising to become head of the Veterinary Investigation Centre in Leeds.

He was the model for the character 'Tristan Farnon' in Wight's semi-autobiographical novels, which were later adapted to the big screen in three films, and television under the name "All Creatures Great and Small".

Unlike his elder brother, who for some time saw the books as a great trial of his friendship with Wight, Brian made no objections to Wight's ne'er-do-well portrayal of him, and in fact seemed rather to enjoy the celebrity, appearing on television and lecturing at veterinary schools all over the UK and elsewhere.

References

*cite book
last = Herriot
first = Jim
title = The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father
publisher = Ballantine Books
date = 2001
location = New York
isbn = 0345434900
*cite web
last = Hillman
first = Bill
title = The Alf Wight / James Herriot Story
work = Hillman EduTech Research Project
publisher = Brandon University
url = http://www.brandonu.ca/hillman/herriot/05.html

ee also

*James Herriot
*Donald Sinclair (veterinary surgeon)

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NAME = Sinclair, Brian
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = veterinary surgeon, subject in James Herriot novels
DATE OF BIRTH = 27 September 1915
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DATE OF DEATH = 13 December 1988
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