Thomas Walley
Prof Thomas Walley FECVS (1842–1894) was a 19th-century British veterinarian who served as Principal of the Dick Vet school in Edinburgh from 1874 to 1894.
He was a pioneer in identifying the link (through milk consumption) between bovine and human tuberculosis.[1]
Life
He entered the Dick Vet School as Professor of Animal Pathology and Cattle Pathology around 1872 and at first lived at 9 Thistle street close to the college (then on Clyde Street).[2] In March 1872 he came to an odd claim to fame as the person responsible for the autopsy on Greyfriars Bobby, which concluded that Bobby died from cancer of the jaw.[3]
He became Principal of the College in 1874. He then lived at 1 Wellington Place in Leith, facing onto Leith Links.[4]
In 1894 he was running the Veterinary College (Dick Vet) on Clyde Street in the First New Town in Edinburgh and also ran a veterinary infirmary and farriers yard on Jane Street in Leith, living at that point at 10 Broughton Place in the eastern New Town.[5]
He died in office in Edinburgh on 10 December 1894 and was replaced by his friend Prof John Dewar.[6]
Artistic Recognition
Walley was one of twenty "shadow portraits" created in the Summerhall building of the college, depicting former Principals. The portraits are now in the Easter Bush buildings.[7]
Publications
- Public Abattoir in Relation to Human Food (1887)
- Animal Tuberculosis in Relation to Consumption in Man (1887)
Family
The family name dies out in Edinburgh in 1895 and therefore Walley was unmarried with no children.[8]
References
- http://www.vet.k-state.edu/OneHealth/Vol11-Iss1/edinburgh.html
- Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1873
- Greyfriars Bobby: The Most Faithful Dog in the World, J Bondeson
- Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1875
- Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1895
- The Development of Veterinary Education in Eastern Scotland: Boddie & Philips
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/74045/edinburgh-summerhall-royal-dick-veterinary-college
- Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1897
