Donald Maurice Broom

Background

Broom, Donald Maurice was born on July 14, 1942 in London. Son of Donald Edward and Mavis Edith (Thompson) Broom.

Education

Donald Broom attended Whitgift School and subsequently Saint Catharine"s College, Cambridge. He received his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in zoology and Doctor of Philosophy degree in animal behaviour from Cambridge University, supervised by William Homan Thorpe.

Career

During his time as an undergraduate, he was a keen sportsman participating in squash and water-polo. He also represented the university and was nationally ranked in modern pentathlon, becoming a Blue and being elected to the Hawks" Club. Previous academic positions include Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader at the University of Reading.

He served three years as President of the Saint Catharine"s College, Cambridge and was elected a fellow of the Zoological Society of London in 1987.

He was awarded a Doctor of Science. from Cambridge University in 2002. He retired as the Colleen Macleod Professor of Animal Welfare in 2009 but continues in his other roles as Vice-Chairman of European Food Safety Authority Panel on Animal Health and Welfare and Chairman of Working Group on Welfare of Animals during Land Animal Transport for the World Organization for Animal Health.

Broom is a research scientist and science populariser who has written many books and articles on ethology, animal welfare, and evolution, gives public lectures and broadcasts, as well as advising European political bodies on animal welfare science matters.

Achievements

• Donald Maurice Broom has been listed as a notable Animal scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Evolution of Morality and Religion

    (Donald Broom argues that morality and the central compone...)

  • Wonderful World of Birds and Their Behaviour

    (Book by Broom, Donald M.)

  • The Wonderful World of Birds and Their Behavior.
  • The Evolution of Morality and Religion by Donald M. Broom (2004-01-19)

Membership

Member farm Animal Welfare Council, London, since 1991. Representative quadripartite working group on humane trapping Studies. European Union, 1995-1996.

Member N.E.R.C. (United Kingdom Government) National Committee on Seals, 1986-1996. Member Assn.f or Study of Animal Behavior (honorary treasurer 1971-1980), International Society for Applied Ethology (president 1987-1989), International EthnologicalCom., 1976-1979.

Interests

• Avocations: squash, water polo, modern pentathlon, ornithology.

Connections

Married Sally Elizabeth Riordan, May 31, 1971. Children: Oliver Edward, Thomas Charles, Giles Alexander.

Father:

Donald Edward Broom

Mother:

Mavis Edith (Thompson) Broom

Spouse:

Sally Elizabeth Riordan

child:

Oliver Edward Broom

child:

Giles Alexander Broom

child:

Thomas Charles Broom