James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS , known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners. He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with If Only They Could Talk in 1970. The British television series adapted from the books is titled All Creatures Great and Small.
Source: All Creatures Great and Small
“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.”
Source: [Herriot, James, James Herriot's Cat Stories, 1994, 0-7181-3852-X] (in the introduction and in "Moses Found Among the Rushes")
Source: Margolis, Jonathan (Dec. 12, 2002). "But It Did Happen To A Vet". Time Magazine
