"living quarters and sets from the ""All Creatures Great and Small"" television series based on the books. The Austin 7 car used in the TV series is in the garden. The World of James Herriot World of James Herriot is the writer's home visitor attraction in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. The attraction covers the life and books of the 20th century veterinarian and author James Herriot (""Alf"" Wight, 1916–1995) within the Yorkshire Dales. The museum is located in a 1940s period house with veterinary science exhibits. It was the original practice of James Herriot, at 23 Kirkgate, known as ""Skeldale"
"Worldcon. Since 2000 the James White Award has been presented for the best short story by a non-professional writer. The judges are professional authors and editors, and have included Mike Resnick, Orson Scott Card, Lois McMaster Bujold, Peter F. Hamilton, Christopher Priest and Robert Sheckley. James White (author) James White (7 April 1928 – 23 August 1999) was a Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels. He was born in Belfast and returned there after spending some early years in Canada. After a few years working in the clothing industry, he worked at Short Brothers Ltd.,"
"Martin Wight Robert James Martin Wight (26 November 1913 – 15 July 1972), also known as Martin Wight, was one of the foremost British scholars of International Relations in the twentieth century. He was the author of ""Power Politics"" (1946; revised and expanded edition 1978), as well as the seminal essay ""Why is there no International Theory?"" (first published in the journal ""International Relations"" in 1960 and republished in the edited collection ""Diplomatic Investigations"" in 1966). He was a teacher of some renown at both the London School of Economics and the University of Sussex, where he served as the"
"Thomas Wight Thomas Wight (died ca. 1608) was a bookseller, publisher and draper in London. Wight published many important books, including many of the earliest law books in English. Together with his father, the draper John Wight, he published seven editions of William Bourne's book ""A Regiment for the Sea"", the first purely English navigational text. By time Wight published Bourne's book, he was primarily a publisher, and became part of a monopoly for printing law books in 1599. He published many of the first printed English law books, including Fulbeck (1600), discussing study methods for law students, techniques for"
"James White (author) James White (7 April 1928 – 23 August 1999) was a Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels. He was born in Belfast and returned there after spending some early years in Canada. After a few years working in the clothing industry, he worked at Short Brothers Ltd., an aircraft company based in Belfast, from 1965 until taking early retirement in 1984 as a result of diabetes. White married Margaret Sarah Martin, another science fiction fan, in 1955 and the couple had three children. He died of a stroke. He became a fan"
"museum covers the life and books of the 20th century veterinarian and author James Wight (pen-name ""James Herriot""). All Creatures Great and Small (franchise) The All Creatures Great and Small franchise consists of a series of books written by James Wight under the pen name ""James Herriot"" based on his experiences as a veterinary surgeon. The books have been adapted for film and television, including a 1975 film titled ""All Creatures Great and Small"", followed by the 1976 ""It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet"" sequel, as well as on television a long-running BBC television programme of the same title, and"
"wrote many reviews, mainly for ""The Observer"" and ""International Affairs"", but his main works are as follows: Martin Wight Robert James Martin Wight (26 November 1913 – 15 July 1972), also known as Martin Wight, was one of the foremost British scholars of International Relations in the twentieth century. He was the author of ""Power Politics"" (1946; revised and expanded edition 1978), as well as the seminal essay ""Why is there no International Theory?"" (first published in the journal ""International Relations"" in 1960 and republished in the edited collection ""Diplomatic Investigations"" in 1966). He was a teacher of some renown"
"James Watson (author) James Arnold Watson (8 November 1936 - 28 April 2015) was an English writer. The best known of his twelve children's novels is ""Talking in Whispers""—winner of The Other Award from the Children's Rights Workshop, runner-up for the 1984 Carnegie Medal, and, in its German translation, winner of the 1987 Buxtehude Bulle award. Two others are ""Ticket to Prague"" and ""The Bull Leapers"". He was a lecturer in media and communication studies and he has written three books in the field: ""What is Communication Studies?"" ""Media Communication: An Introduction to Theory and Process"" and, with co-author Anne"
"presented the world premier professional stage adaptation of ""All Creatures Great & Small."" In the United States, Herriot's books were considered too short to publish independently, and so several pairs were collected into omnibus volumes. The title ""All Creatures Great and Small"" was taken from the second line of the hymn ""All Things Bright and Beautiful"", and inspired by a punning suggestion from Herriot's daughter, who thought the book should be called ""Ill Creatures Great and Small"". James Herriot James Alfred ""Alf"" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was"
"Wight wrote ""If Only They Could Talk"", the first of the now-famous series based on his life working as a vet and his training in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. His first approach brought a phone call from Anthea Joseph who was deputy chair of a publishing house. Owing in part to professional etiquette, which at that time frowned on veterinary surgeons and other professionals from advertising their services, he took a pen name, choosing ""James Herriot"" after seeing the Scottish goalkeeper Jim Herriot play for Birmingham City in a televised game against Manchester United. ""If"
"James Wood (critic) James Douglas Graham Wood (born 1 November 1965 in Durham, England) is an English literary critic, essayist and novelist. Wood was ""The Guardian""s chief literary critic between 1992 and 1995. He was a senior editor at ""The New Republic"" between 1995 and 2007. , he is Professor of the Practice of Literary Criticism at Harvard University and a staff writer at ""The New Yorker"" magazine. He lives in the United States. Born to Dennis William Wood (born 1928), a Dagenham-born minister and professor of zoology at Durham University, and Sheila Graham Wood, née Lillia, a schoolteacher from"
"critic, The New Yorker writer James Wood, said her novels belong to the category of “the avant-garde of content,” a term Wood uses to describe his belief that the progressive development of fiction writing now centers on the subject matter a writer chooses to explore. Swan's latest novels have expressed a young woman's longing for fatherly love. Swan’s latest work, ""The Western Light"", is a prequel to ""The Wives of Bath"". The story revolves around the life of young Mouse Bradford who is torn between love for her father and the charismatic asylum inmate John Pilkie, an ex-Red Wings hockey"
"early contributions were mistakenly published by William Hooker with his name as ""Richard Wight"". Robert Wight Robert Wight MD FRS FLS (6 July 1796 – 26 May 1872) was a Scottish surgeon in the East India Company, whose professional career was spent entirely in southern India, where his greatest achievements were in botany – as an economic botanist and leading taxonomist in south India. He contributed to the introduction of American cotton. As a taxonomist he described 110 new genera and 1267 new species of flowering plants. He employed Indian botanical artists to illustrate a large number of plants collected"
"interest to English gentlemen, and went through numerous reprintings. Kitchin (1598) described manorial law, land law, and agrarian law. Wight published copies of the ""Yearbooks"", notes by law students which were the earliest English legal reports dating back to the eleventh century. Wight was also a prominent figure in the early discussions of copyright law. Edmund Weaver, another famous London book publisher and bookseller, started as Wight's apprentice, and took over the business when Wight died. Thomas Wight Thomas Wight (died ca. 1608) was a bookseller, publisher and draper in London. Wight published many important books, including many of the"
"William Wharton (author) William Wharton (7 November 1925 – 29 October 2008), the pen name of the artist Albert William Du Aime, was an American-born author best known for his first novel ""Birdy"", which was also made into a critically acclaimed film by the same name in 1984. Wharton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From ""a poor, hard-working, Catholic family"", he graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1943, and was inducted into the school's Wall of Fame in 1997. During World War II, Wharton served in the United States Army and was first assigned to an engineering unit. He"
"a museum, ""The World of James Herriot"". The Topcliffe Road house is in private ownership and not open to the public. He later moved with his family to the village of Thirlby, about four miles from Thirsk, where he resided until his death. Wight intended for years to write a book, but with most of his time consumed by veterinary practice and family, his writing ambition went nowhere. Challenged by his wife, in 1966 (at the age of 50), he began writing. After several rejected stories on other subjects like football, he turned to what he knew best. In 1969"
"genre of medical science fiction, and as introducing a memorable crew of aliens. Although missing winning the most prestigious honours four times, White gained other awards for specific works and for contributions to science fiction. He was also Guest-of-Honour of several conventions. James White was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 7 April 1928, and spent part of his early life in Canada. He was educated in Belfast at St. John's Primary School (1935–1941) and St. Joseph's Technical Secondary School (1942–1943). As a teenager he lived with foster parents. He wanted to study medicine but financial circumstances prevented this. Between"
"W. Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham, CH ( ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965), better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest-paid author during the 1930s. After both his parents died before he was 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a physician. The initial run of his first novel, ""Liza of Lambeth"" (1897),"
"wanted to publish books even those that might not be financially profitable. It was Joseph who phoned the vet Alfred Wight to tell him that they would publish his books. Wight was not allowed to use his name and chose the name, James Herriot, for his popular books. Authors that were also popular were Miss Read, James Baldwin, Stan Barstow, H. E. Bates, Dick Francis, Barry Hines, Julian Rathbone and Alun Richards. Joseph made sure that profits were set aside for other authors. In 1962, Anthea Joseph became deputy chairman of the publishing business. She re-married the following year and"
"two further names, Tom West and Sam Fisher. He used the latter pseudonym to publish the E-Force trilogy, ""State of Emergency"", ""Aftershock"", and ""Nano"". A further novel by White, ""The Venetian Detective"", features characters including Galileo and Elizabeth. White wrote a biography of Isaac Newton, ""The Last Sorcerer"". He was both short-listed and long-listed for the Aventis prize – ""Rivals"" short-listed in 2002, and ""The Fruits of War"" long-listed in 2006. He was also nominated for the Ned Kelly Prize for First Novel (for ""Equinox"" in 2007). Michael White (author) Michael White (1959 – 6 February 2018) was a British"
"Thomas Wight, A.M. Thomas Wight, A.M., was an English churchman, elected Dean of Cork. He was grandfather of the Quaker, Thomas Wight (Bandon). A native of Guildford, Surrey, he was ordained deacon and priest by John, Bishop of Oxford, on 23 October 1619. In 1620 he became prebendary of Kilmacdonogh, Cloyne, and in 1628 vicar of Ballymodan, Bandon. In 1634 he was appointed prebendary of Kilnaglory. From 1628 to 1649, he was rector of Aghlishdrinagh. In 1628 he was elected dean of Cork by the chapter, but the crown declined to ratify the appointment. According to the ""History of Bandon"","
"James P. White (writer) James P. White, Former Executive Director of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation has published five books of fiction as well as stories, poems, and articles. He has edited a number of literary collections. White has received Guggenheim and other fellowships and has taught at UCLA, the University of Southern California, and the University of South Alabama. He was the founding president of the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers and the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers. White was founding president of the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, the Texas Association of Creative Teachers,"
"of Wight, determined to one day destroy the triffids and reclaim their world. In the United States, Doubleday & Company holds the 1951 copyright. A 1961 condensed version of the book also appeared in ""Colliers Magazine"". An unabridged paperback edition was published in the late 1960s, in arrangement with Doubleday, under the Crest Book imprint of Fawcett Publications World Library. Wyndham frequently acknowledged the influence of H. G. Wells' ""The War of the Worlds"" (1897) on ""The Day of the Triffids"". In regard to the triffids' creation, some editions of the novel make brief mention of the theories of the"
"James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century. Joyce is best known for ""Ulysses"" (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's ""Odyssey"" are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, most famously stream of consciousness. Other well-known works are the short-story collection ""Dubliners"" (1914), and the novels ""A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"" (1916) and ""Finnegans Wake"" (1939)."
"James White Award The James White Award is an annual short story competition open to writers from around the world. It was established in 2000 to commemorate the life and work of Irish science fiction author James White. The competition was created to encourage new writers and is not open to professional authors. ""Professional author"" is defined as one who is eligible for active membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America – that is, a writer with three short story sales to qualifying markets or one novel sale to a qualifying market. Entries must be 6,000 words or less"
"James Ward (writer) James Ward (born 2 April 1981) is an English writer and the founder of Boring Conference. James Ward first came to prominence in 2009 with a blog that charted his fascination with ""small unimportant things"". The London Twirls Project, his attempt to map the availability, pricing and storage conditions of Cadbury's Twirls in Central London, led to him giving talks at public events such as Ignite and The Lost Lectures. In 2010, he won a competition run by Virgin Atlantic and was flown to America to write a pen-based comparison of London and New York. Ward's first"
"James W. Hall James W. Hall (born 1947) is an American author and professor from Florida. He has written eighteen novels, four books of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a collection of essays. A longtime professor of literature and creative writing at Florida International University, Hall is perhaps best known for a series of crime/mystery novels starring the character Thorn. A loner who ties flies to catch bonefish, Thorn partners with his private-eye friend Sugarman to thwart a range of villains. Hall's writing often features a South Florida backdrop and explores the contrast between squalor and poverty coexisting"
"James F. Light James F. Light was an American literary scholar, university vice president, and provost. During his academic career, he helped revive the works of satirist Nathanael West, with the first book length critical study of his work, ""Nathanael West: An Interpretive Study"", (Northwestern Univ. Press, 1961). He was also the leading authority on John William De Forest, the early American realist whose work he critiqued in ""John William De Forest"" (Twayne Pub., 1965), and he wrote extensively on J. D. Salinger, Robert Penn Warren and others. Light was born in Memphis Nov. 5, 1921 to Lois Billings and"
"conducted with the author, Alfred Wainwright, and with Alf Wight, more commonly known as ‘James Herriot’, as well as interviews with people who had known Beatrix Potter. These taped stories range from those told by the local gentry - such as the Dawsons of the Folly in Settle, and the Yorkes of Halton Place - to ordinary folk living in remote Dales communities. They also present a record of different Dales accents and dialects used over forty years ago and which, because of greater social mobility, are less frequently heard today. The Leeds Archive collection also features a selection of"
"James Watson (radical) James Watson (21 September 1799 – 29 November 1874) was an English radical publisher, activist and Chartist. His colleagues in political activity included Henry Hetherington, William Lovett, Thomas Wakley, Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, and Thomas Cooper. He was born at Malton, North Yorkshire, on 21 September 1799. His father died when he was only a year old. His mother, who was a Sunday school teacher, taught him to read and write. Around the year of 1811, she returned to domestic service in the household of a clergyman, who had paid for James's schooling and tuitions for a brief"
"Power Politics (Wight book) Power politics is a book by International Relations scholar Martin Wight, first published in 1946 as a 68-page essay. After 1959 Wight added twelve further chapters. Other works of Wight's were added by his former students, Hedley Bull and Carsten Holbraad, and a combined volume was published in 1978, six years after Wight's death. The book provides an overview of international politics featuring many elements of ""Realpolitik"" analysis. Wight, a pacifist and devout Christian, was appalled by World War II. He favoured a revival of the biblical term Antichrist to describe recurrent warlike situations in history"
"Legal Imagination,"" literary and other texts are compared to legal texts in the way they ""constitute"" the identities of characters and the meanings of concepts. That book is thought to have ""kicked off"" the Law & Literature movement and is still widely influential. White's subsequent books include: James Boyd White James Boyd White (born 1938) is an American law professor, literary critic, scholar and philosopher who is generally credited with founding the ""Law and Literature"" movement and is the preeminent proponent of the analysis of constitutive rhetoric in the analysis of legal texts. White attended Amherst College, from which he"
"All Creatures Great and Small (franchise) The All Creatures Great and Small franchise consists of a series of books written by James Wight under the pen name ""James Herriot"" based on his experiences as a veterinary surgeon. The books have been adapted for film and television, including a 1975 film titled ""All Creatures Great and Small"", followed by the 1976 ""It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet"" sequel, as well as on television a long-running BBC television programme of the same title, and a prequel series in 2011, ""Young James Herriot"". The book series focuses on the adventures of veterinary surgeon"