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Donald Maurice Broom (born 14 July 1942) is an English biologist and emeritus professor of animal welfare at the University of Cambridge.[2][3]
Donald Broom | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Education and career
editBroom 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
edit- 2000: Honorary D.Sc: De Montfort University.[7]
- 2005: Honorary Doctorate: Norwegian University of Life Sciences.[8]
Selected works
edit- 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 Archived 27 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine (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
edit- ^ a b "ORCID Professor Donald Broom". orcid.org.
- ^ "Cambridge Veterinary School: Research investigators". University of Cambridge Veterinary School. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ Garner, R. (2004). Animals, Politics and Morality: Second Edition. Animals, Politics, and Morality. Manchester University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7190-6621-4. Retrieved 7 August 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.
- ^ a b "THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY AND RELIGION". The Gospel Coalition.
- ^ "Professor Donald Broom | St Catharine's College, Cambridge". www.caths.cam.ac.uk.
- ^ "Glittering Prizes: Awards for Academics". The Times Higher Education. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "New Honorary Doctorates at UMB". Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2010.