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Born, 1810; educated at Bungay Grammar school; Veterinary College in Camden Town, London, 1828-1829 and also attended external lectures; joined his uncle Robert Beart's veterinary surgery at Bungay, 1829-1836; inherited a veterinary practice in Twickenham, 1836; founder member of the Veterinary Medical Association, 1836; member of the English (later Royal) Agricultural Society, 1838; first Professor of Cattle Pathology at the Veterinary College in London, 1839; consulting veterinary surgeon to the Royal Agricultural Society, 1839-1904; active in the movement for obtaining the charter to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; head of the veterinary department of the Privy Council, 1865-1871; President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 1862-1863; Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, 1872-1881; completed the incorporation of the Royal Veterinary College by royal charter, 1875; retired 1881 and farmed and served as a JP; died, 1904.