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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: 1933 - Helen Caie - Msa. Divorced 1949. She married Harry Whiddett 1950. She died 1994 Nbi.

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:

Harry Whiddett in Kenya from 1936-1988, Education Dept & Commerce. Source: Mrs J.K. Preston
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
 

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