Biography:Donald Broom
Donald Broom | |
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| Born | July 14, 1942[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge (BA, PhD, DSc) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | University of Reading University of Cambridge |
Donald Maurice Broom (born 14 July 1942) is an English biologist and emeritus professor of animal welfare at the University of Cambridge.[2][3]
Education and career
Broom studied at Whitgift School, and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA in 1964, and a PhD in 1967. From 1967 to 1986, he was lecturer and then reader at the University of Reading.[1]
Broom was appointed to the first professorship in animal welfare at the University of Cambridge in 1986, and has written widely on sentience in animals, and on the ethics and morality of animal welfare.[4][5]
During his career in Cambridge, Broom was a fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and a professor in the veterinary school. On retirement in 2009, he was elected to an emeritus fellowship at St Catharine's college.[6]
Awards
- 2000: Honorary D.Sc: De Montfort University.[7]
- 2005: Honorary Doctorate: Norwegian University of Life Sciences.[8]
Selected works
- Biology of Behaviour (1981)
- Farm Animal Behaviour and Welfare, with Andrew F. Fraser (1990)
- Stress and Animal Welfare with Kenneth G. Johnson (1993)
- The welfare of deer, foxes, mink and hares subjected to hunting by humans: a review (2000) Evidence to the Burns Inquiry
- The Evolution of Morality and Religion (2003)[5]
- Sentience and Animal Welfare (2014).
- Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare, with Andrew F. Fraser (2015), 5th edition.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ORCID Professor Donald Broom". https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1573-7182.
- ↑ "Cambridge Veterinary School: Research investigators". University of Cambridge Veterinary School. http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/research/investigators/broom.html.
- ↑ Garner, R. (2004). Animals, Politics and Morality: Second Edition. Animals, Politics, and Morality. Manchester University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7190-6621-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=GBX3in2YXnsC&pg=PA64. Retrieved 7 Aug 2023.
- ↑ Broom, D. M. (1 October 1991). "Animal welfare: concepts and measurement2". Journal of Animal Science 69 (10): 4167–4175. doi:10.2527/1991.69104167x. PMID 1778832. https://doi.org/10.2527/1991.69104167x.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY AND RELIGION". https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/review/the-evolution-of-morality-and-religion/.
- ↑ "Professor Donald Broom | St Catharine's College, Cambridge". https://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/directory/professor-donald-broom.
- ↑ "Glittering Prizes: Awards for Academics". The Times Higher Education. 29 September 2000. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=153619§ioncode=26.
- ↑ "New Honorary Doctorates at UMB". Norwegian University of Life Sciences. http://www.umb.no/frontpage/article/new-honorary-doctorates-at-umb.
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