It was the day job of James Herriot, the author of "All Creatures Great & Small"
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James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All
... [DOC] [TLE] James Herriot - Wikipedia [PAR] James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916  23 February 1995), 
known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and 
writer, ...