Professor (Major) Morley Hodkin Sewell (1 September 1932 – 24 February 2022) was a British veterinarian who served as Dean of the

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School in

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from 1994 to 1997. He was an expert on

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s of animals.

Life

Sewell was born on 1 September 1932 in Sheffield to Edith Mary (nee Hodkin) and Major John Sewell, a pharmaceutical chemist. He was educated at the

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. He studied veterinary medicine at

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graduating with a BA MB around 1955. He was a Member of the

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. He then served as a Major in the Veterinary Service in

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from June 1957. During his service in Africa he became an expert on tropical medicine. He was awarded a PhD by the University of Cambridge in 1962 for research undertaken in Cambridge and Northern Nigeria. In 1994 he replaced Prof Richard Halliwell as Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the

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based at the

School. He retired in 1997. From 1998 to 2000 he is listed as a company director, living at 14 Craigiebield Crescent in

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. In 2013 he wrote the obituary for his colleague Dr

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. Sewell died from COVID-19 in 2022, during the

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Artistic Recognition

Sewell was one of 20 "shadow portraits" created in the

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building of the college, depicting former Principals. The portraits are now in the Easter Bush buildings.

Family

Morley married Cynthia (née Hanson) on 10 August 1957. Together they had three daughters, Mary, Ruth and Rebecca and a son Paul.

Publications

*''Handbook on Animal Diseases in the Tropics''

References

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