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Name: ANDERSON, James OBE (Dr.)

Birth Date: 1908 Scotland

Death Date: 1989 Scotland (Hut has 1987)

Nationality: Scottish

First Date: 1931

Last Date: 1974

Profession: Veterinary Research Officer. Awarded OBE for work on Artificial Insemination in cattle

Area: Kakamega, Naivasha (Experimental Station)

Married: In Mombasa 1933 Helen McLeod Caie b. 29 Nov 1910 Scotland, d. 29 Nov 1910 Scotland, d. 27 Feb 1994 Sheppey, teacher (div. 1949 and later m. Henry William Whiddett 1913-1989)

Children: Jennifer Katharine (Preston) (1935); Euan Anderson; Elizabeth (Chater)

Book Reference: EAWL, Hut, Golf, Staff 39, Staff 53, Colonial

War Service: Veterinary Officer - an essential service, Veterinary Research Officer, Veterinary Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1931.

School: Bell Baxter Sch., Royal Dick Veterinary College, Edinburgh. MRCVS, BSc, PhD

General Information:

Staff 53 - Asst Dir. Veterinary Research, Lab Services Naivasha in 1953

Colonial - asst. D.V.S. (research) 1951-58

Golf - Replanned Naivasha Golf Course in 1938 with A.K. Gibson and S.J.O. Armstrong.

Seconded for duty as Vet. Res. Officer to Live Stock Research Station, Naivasha in 1939