Duncan McNab McEachran

Duncan McNab McEachran
Born	27 October 1841(1841-10-27) Campbeltown, Scotland
Died	13 October 1924(1924-10-13) (aged 82) Ormstown, Quebec
Occupation	veterinarian, professor, author, school administrator, inspector, and stockbreeder

Duncan McNab McEachran (27 October 1841 – 13 October 1924) as a Canadian veterinarian and academic.

Born in Campbeltown, Scotland, the son of David McEachran and Jean Blackney, McEachran graduated from the Edinburgh Veterinary College in 1861 and received his license to practice from Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. In 1862, he emigrated to Upper Canada setting in Woodstock. In 1863, he help set up, along with Andrew Smith, the Upper Canada Veterinary School (later the Ontario Veterinary College). In 1867, they published the first veterinary textbook in Canada for farmers, The Canadian horse and his diseases. In 1865, McEachran opened a private practice in Montreal where he moved the following year. In 1866, he helped to found the Montreal Veterinary College. In 1889, it would become the Faculty of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science of McGill University and McEachran became its first dean.

References

• Duncan McNab McEachran at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

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Name	Maceachran, Duncan Mcnab
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Date of birth	27 October 1841
Place of birth	Campbeltown, Scotland
Date of death	13 October 1924
Place of death	Ormstown, Quebec