James Herriot
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."
Editor’s Note: This short biography was written nearly five years ago during a period when Herriot’s books and the interest in his world had begun to fade. The TV show based on his life had ceased production nearly thirty years before. When we noted recently that the UK’s Channel 5 and PBS in the U.S. had launched a new series of All Creatures Great a…