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| Born | July 14, 1942 [1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge (BA, PhD, DSc) |
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| 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]
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]
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