Dr Peter Henry Bunton

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dc.contributor.author Rippon, Brian
dc.contributor.author Lwanga-Iga, Ivan
dc.contributor.other South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-04T08:59:15Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-04T08:59:15Z
dc.date.issued 2022-04
dc.description Article originally published in VetNews / VetNuus, April, 2022, the monthly magazine of the South African Veterinary Association en_US
dc.description.abstract Peter Henry Bunton was born on the 22nd of March 1922 and grew up on the farm ELIM near ADDO in the Sunday's River Valley in the Eastern Cape. He began his education at the local farm school, riding there every day on horseback. In 1934 he was admitted to St Andrews Preparatory School in Grahamstown, later to St Andrews College. He was an active rugby player at the college, having been a member of the Rugby XV. He matriculated at this college in 1939. His first year in the BVSc course at UCT was interrupted by the outbreak of WORLD WAR II. He resumed his Veterinary studies at Onderstepoort in 1946, graduating with a BVSc in 1949. He returned to his homestead in ELIM Farm in ADDO, building up a Rural Veterinary practice in the area for over 67 years en_US
dc.description.librarian ab2022 en_US
dc.format.extent 2 pages : colour photos en_US
dc.format.medium PDF en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85020
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries VH-Veterinary biographies en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries VH-VetNews articles en_US
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dc.subject Wildlife conservation -- South Africa en_US
dc.subject Wildlife -- Translocation -- South Africa en_US
dc.subject Wildlife veterinary specialist en_US
dc.subject Addo Elephant Park -- South Africa en_US
dc.subject Game ranching en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- Biography en
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinarians -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- History -- South Africa en_ZA
dc.title Dr Peter Henry Bunton en_US
dc.type Text en_US


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