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ZSL Veterinary Surgeon
Youatt, William
Youatt, William
Person · 1776-1847

William Youatt was born in 1776, the son of a non-conformist minister. Youatt was appointed medical superintendent at the Gardens on a salary of £100 a year in 1833. He attended the gardens on a part time basis on a Monday and Thursday, and was expected to be ready to attend if any emergency arose, and to perform post mortems on the animals. Youatt had a practice in Wells Street, and founded the publication Veterinarian. He also lectured at London Veterinary College (now RVC). He continued in this post until his death is 1847.
Wenner, Pauline
Person · 1913-

Veterinary Surgeon at ZSL London Zoo
Kock, Richard
Person · fl 1991

Curator Veterinarian at Whipsnade
Kirkwood, Dr James
Person · fl 1992

Head of Veterinary Science at the Institute of Zoology
Graham-Jones, Oliver
Person · 1919-2002

Oliver Graham-Jones was born in 1919 and lived in Harborne, Birmingham. He was educated at King Edward's Grammar School and read veterinary medicine at the Royal Veterinary College in London.

After qualifying in 1941, he bought his own practice in Camberley, Surrey. Shortly afterwards he volunteered for the Royal Army Veterinary Corps in Italy, looking after the pack mules.

Graham-Jones took up the new post of Veterinary Officer at London Zoo in 1951, and he took a flat between the seal and hippo enclosures. He was the first resident Veterinary Surgeon at ZSL London Zoo in 1951. He set up its first animal surgery, developing the 'flying syringe' for anaesthetising animals without distress. He was responsible for the health of many famous ZSL animals, such as Guy the Gorilla, Churchill's Lion, Rota, and Chi-Chi the Giant Panda.

In 1966 he moved on to become Senior Lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College in London. He was founding President of the British Veterinary Zoological Society and past President of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.