J. R. U. Dewar
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He was born on 26 March 1850 in Aberdeenshire.
In 1875, he won a silver medal in General Proficiency from the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.[1] Through the 1870s he was living at Midmar in Aberdeenshire.[2]
He became Veterinary Advisor to the City of Edinburgh.[3]
In 1895, he was appointed Principal of the Dick Vet School in Edinburgh. He was then living at 15 Union Street in the eastern New Town.[4] He oversaw seven professors and 100 students.[5]
By the time of his retiral in 1911 he was living at 18 Drummond Place, a very fine Georgian townhouse.[6]
He died at Fettercairn on 25 October 1919.[7] He is buried in Kinnernie Churchyard.[8]
