Background
Soulsby, Ernest Lawson Jackson was born on June 23, 1926 in Haltwistle, England. Son of William George and Agnes (Holliday) Soulsby.
Soulsby, Ernest Lawson Jackson was born on June 23, 1926 in Haltwistle, England. Son of William George and Agnes (Holliday) Soulsby.
MRCVS, U. Edinburgh, 1948; MRCVS, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1952; D Victoria University of Wellington (honorary), University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1990; Master of Arts, U. Cambridge, England, 1954; Doctor of Science, AM, University of Pennsylvania, 1985; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (honorary), University Leon, Spain, 1993; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1994.
Veterinary officer, City of Edinburgh, 1949-1952; lecturer, U. Bristol, United Kingdom, 1952-1954; lecturer, U. Cambridge, 1954-1964; professor animal pathology, U. Cambridge, 1978-1993; professor parasitology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1964-1978; retired, 1993.
Governor Institute Animal Health, Compton, United Kingdom, since 1985. Fellow Royal Society Medicine (honorary), Wolfson College Cambridge, World Association Veterinary Parasitologists (honorary, president 1963-1967). Member Royal College Veterinary Surgeons (president 1984-1985), Farmers Club, Oxford and Cambridge Club.
Married Margaret McDonald, Jan.14, 1950 (divorced June 1960). Married Georgina Elizabeth Annette Williams, November 1, 1962. Children: Katrina Yvonne, John Angus Lawson.