John Archibald Watt Dollar

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(28 November 1866 – 11 November 1947) was a British veterinary surgeon. He served as President of the

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1904–05. He was an important and influential author of many veterinary textbooks. He held a Royal Warrant for four consecutive British monarchs, granting him as personal vet to the animals (especially horses) of

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Biography

He was born on 28 November 1866 in

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the son of Thomas Aitkin Dollar (1833–1909), veterinary surgeon, of

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in Scotland. His father owned a high class veterinary surgery in New Bond Street in London. John was (appropriately) sent to

Dollar Academy Dollar Academy is a 5–18 Private schools in the United Kingdom, private co-educational day and boarding school for boys and girls in Scotland. The open campus occupies a site in the centre of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, at the foot of the Ochil ...

in central Scotland for his education. He then attended the Clydesdale College in Hamilton and the

in London becoming a fellow in 1887, aged only 21. On qualifying he pursued a series of prestigious posts across Europe, notably under Prof

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in 1889. He then worked in the

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in Paris and the Veterinary School in Alfort. He then joined his father's practice on New Bond Street in London, where his brother William Dollar also worked. In 1902 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were James More, Sir

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. Dollar served on the RCVS Council from 1894 until 1909 including a year as president. He was made an Honorary Fellow in 1940. During his presidency he had a new gold chain of office created and wore this at official ceremonies. At the end of his presidency he gifted this to the college. His portrait (in full regalia) was painted during his presidency. In April 1939 he gifted this to the college. He died on 11 November 1947.

Personal life

In 1907 he married Violet Smart Hammond. The following year they had a child: Archibald Thomas John Dollar (1908–1981) who became a celebrated geologist.

Publications

Dollar was Editor of ''The Veterinarian'' journal until its demise in 1902. *''A Handbook of Horse-Shoeing'' (1898) *''An Atlas of Veterinary Surgical Operations'' (1899) *''The Practise of Veterinary Surgery'' (1900) *''A Surgical Operating Table for a Horse'' (1900) *''Studies in Clinical Veterinary Medicine and Surgery'' (1900) *''Regional Veterinary Surgery and Operative Technique'' (1912) *''Veterinary Surgery'' (1912) translated from German (original by John Moller) *''Veterinary Surgery: General, Operative and Regional'' (4 editions) (1938)

References

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