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'''Jotello Festiri Soga''' (1865 - 1906) was South Africa's first black [[veterinary surgeon]]{{sfn|Soga|1983|p=8}} who played a leading role in eradicating [[rinderpest]].{{sfn|Heyne|2009}}
'''Jotello Festiri Soga''' was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission, in the former Transkei, South Africa as the fourth son of Reverend [[Tiyo Soga]] and Janet Soga and died on December 6, 1906 in Amalinda, East London, South Africa.<ref name="Department of library">{{cite web | url=http://www.library.up.ac.za/vet/soga.htm | title=University of Pretoria archive | accessdate=7 April 2014}}</ref> Jotello was the first South African veterinarian to become a qualified veterinarian who played a leading role in eradicating [[rinderpest]].<ref name="SABC News">{{cite web | url=http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/0dd3a20048ac072ab2b4ffc4561ab0d0/SA%27s-first-veterinarian-Jotello-Soga-honoured-20111013 | title=SABC News arcived | publisher=SABC | date=13 October 2011 <!-- 07:09 --> | accessdate=7 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ais.up.ac.za/vet/about.htm | title=Department of Library University Pretoria | publisher=Department of Library University of Pretoria | accessdate=7 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="WVA Library">{{cite web | url=http://rcvsknowledgelibraryblog.org/2012/10/26/making-history-uks-first-black-vet/ | title=WVA Library | publisher=WVA Library archive | accessdate=7 April 2014 | author=WVA}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Soga was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission, in the former [[Transkei]], South Africa, the fourth and youngest son of Reverend [[Tiyo Soga]] and Janet Burnside of Scotland. Soga's father Tiyo had been educated in Scotland and his mother was Scottish, so Jotello Soga travelled to Scotland to study veterinary medicine at [[Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine]] from 1882 to 1886. He qualified as a Member of the [[Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons]] in 1886, with a gold medal distinction in botany.{{sfn|Soga|1983|p=8}}{{sfn|De Beer|1988|p=169}}{{sfn|Gutsche|1979|p=24, 296}}

== Personal life ==

Like his father Jotello Soga also married a Scottish woman, namely Catherine Watson Chalmers in 1892: three daughters, Catherine, Doris and Margaret were born of this marriage. Soga died on 6 December 1906 in [[Amalinda]], [[East London, Eastern Cape]].{{sfn|Heyne|2009}}


== Early career ==
== Early career ==


In November 1889 he was appointed as the second assistant to Duncan Hutcheon, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon to the Cape of Good Hope.{{sfn|Vets Past QRS}} He was posted to [[Fort Beaufort]] and was also responsible for veterinary services for Victoria East, Stockenström and neighbouring districts. His immediate task was to inoculate against contagious lung-sickness, which was decimating cattle in South Africa. He conducted his own inoculation experiments on lung-sickness and his vaccinating method was accepted as standard thereafter.{{sfn|Heyne|2009}}
In 1886, after earning his degree in veterinary medicine, with a gold medal distinction in botany, Jotello Soga returned to the Cape Colony. On July 9, 1892, Jotello visited [[Scotland]] and married Catherine Watson Chalmers. Three daughters, Catherine, Doris and Margaret were born from this marriage.
In November 1889 he was appointed a veterinary surgeon for the colonial government. He was posted to Fort Beaufort and was also responsible for veterinary services for Victoria East, Stockenström and neighbouring districts. His immediate task was to inoculate against contagious lung-sickness, which was decimating cattle in South Africa. He conducted his own inoculation experiments on lung-sickness and his vaccinating method was accepted as standard thereafter, according to Heloise Heyne, of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute who has written about Dr. Soga’s career.<ref name="Department of library" />


== Eradication of Rinderpest ==
== Eradication of Rinderpest ==

The second phase of his career began when the threat of rinderpest was on the horizon in the early 1890s. To the north, cattle were becoming sick and dying by the thousands. “Like some belated biblical plague of Egypt . . . it left a trail of bleaching bones and poverty,” said one historian of that period.<ref name="Department of library" />
Dr. Soga was among the first to warn of the dangers rinderpest posed to the Cape Colony. “Our new Colonial enemy is rinderpest,” he wrote in 1892, “Lung Sickness and Redwater are simple fools to it.”<ref name="Department of library" />
The second phase of his career began when the threat of rinderpest was on the horizon in the early 1890s. To the north, cattle were becoming sick and dying by the thousands. “Like some belated biblical plague of Egypt . . . it left a trail of bleaching bones and poverty,” said one historian of that period. Dr. Soga was among the first to warn of the dangers rinderpest posed to the Cape Colony. “Our new Colonial enemy is rinderpest,” he wrote in 1892, “Lung Sickness and Redwater are simple fools to it.”

== Memorial ==
The library at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the [[University of Pretoria]] was named in his honour on 5 May 2009{{sfn|Soga Library}}

== Publications ==

His publications include:

{{refbegin}}
*{{Citation
| last = Soga
| first =Jotello Festiri
| year =1891
| date =
| title =Disease "Nenta" in goats
| publisher =
| publication-place = Pretoria
| page =
| url = http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10564
| accessdate = 5 Aug 2014
| ref = {{sfnref|Soga|1891}}
}}

*{{Citation
| last = Soga
| first =Jotello Festiri
| year =1896
| date =
| title =Stamping out rinderpest
| publisher =
| publication-place = Pretoria
| page =
| url = http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13445
| accessdate = 5 Aug 2014
| ref = {{sfnref|Soga|1896}}
}}

*{{Citation
| last = Soga
| first =Jotello Festiri
| year =1893
| date =
| title =Castration - advocating the method of torsion
| publisher =
| publication-place = Pretoria
| page =
| url = http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13453
| accessdate = 5 Aug 2014
| ref = {{sfnref|Soga|1893}}
}}

*{{Citation
| last = Soga
| first =Jotello Festiri
| year =1892
| date =
| title =Rinderpest
| publisher =
| publication-place = Pretoria
| page =
| url = http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13454
| accessdate = 5 Aug 2014
| ref = {{sfnref|Soga|1892}}
}}
{{refend}}
== Notes ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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=== Monographs ===

* {{cite book|ref={{sfnref|Soga|1983|p=}}|last=Soga|first=Tiyo |authorlink=Tiyo Soga|editor=Donovan Williams|title=The journal and selected writings of the Reverend Tiyo Soga|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=x4AmAQAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Published for [[Rhodes University]] by A.A. Balkema|location=[[Grahamstown]]|isbn=978-0-86961-148-7}}

* {{cite book|ref={{sfnref|De Beer|1988|p=169}}|last=De Beer|first=Mona |title=Who Did what in South Africa|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0tpBAAAAYAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Ad. Donker|isbn=978-0-86852-134-3}}

* {{cite book|ref={{sfnref|Gutsche|1979|p=}}|last=Gutsche|first=Thelma |title=There was a Man: The Life and Times of Sir Arnold Theiler, K.C.M.G., of Onderstepoort|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_IoeAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=H. Timmins|isbn=978-0-86978-164-7}}

*{{Citation
| last = Heyne
| first =Heloise
| year =2009
| date =10 March 2009
| title =Biography of Jotello Festiri Soga
| publisher =
| publication-place = Pretoria
| page =
| url =http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9207
| accessdate = 5 Aug 2014
| ref = {{sfnref|Heyne|2009}}
}}

=== Websites ===

* {{Cite web

| title = Vets Past QRS
| work = National Directorate Veterinary Services
| accessdate = 2014-08-04
| url = http://www.nda.agric.za/docs/Vetweb/Vets%20Past%20QRS.htm
| ref={{sfnref|Vets Past QRS}}
}}

* {{cite web | url=http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/0dd3a20048ac072ab2b4ffc4561ab0d0/SA%27s-first-veterinarian-Jotello-Soga-honoured-20111013 | title=SA's first veterinarian Jotello Soga honoured| publisher=SABC | date=13 October 2011 | accessdate=7 April 2014}}

* {{cite web | ref={{sfnref|Soga Library}}| url=http://www.ais.up.ac.za/vet/about.htm | title=Welcome to the Jotello F Soga Library | publisher=Department of Library University of Pretoria | accessdate=7 April 2014}}

{{refend}}


== External links ==
== External links ==

* [http://www.library.up.ac.za/vet/soga.htm Dr. Jotello F Soga]
* [http://www.library.up.ac.za/vet/soga.htm Dr. Jotello F Soga]
* [http://rcvsknowledgelibraryblog.org/2012/10/26/making-history-uks-first-black-vet/ Making history: UK’s first black vet]


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Revision as of 04:58, 5 August 2014

Jotello Festiri Soga (1865 - 1906) was South Africa's first black veterinary surgeon[1] who played a leading role in eradicating rinderpest.[2]

Early life

Soga was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission, in the former Transkei, South Africa, the fourth and youngest son of Reverend Tiyo Soga and Janet Burnside of Scotland. Soga's father Tiyo had been educated in Scotland and his mother was Scottish, so Jotello Soga travelled to Scotland to study veterinary medicine at Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine from 1882 to 1886. He qualified as a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1886, with a gold medal distinction in botany.[1][3][4]

Personal life

Like his father Jotello Soga also married a Scottish woman, namely Catherine Watson Chalmers in 1892: three daughters, Catherine, Doris and Margaret were born of this marriage. Soga died on 6 December 1906 in Amalinda, East London, Eastern Cape.[2]

Early career

In November 1889 he was appointed as the second assistant to Duncan Hutcheon, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon to the Cape of Good Hope.[5] He was posted to Fort Beaufort and was also responsible for veterinary services for Victoria East, Stockenström and neighbouring districts. His immediate task was to inoculate against contagious lung-sickness, which was decimating cattle in South Africa. He conducted his own inoculation experiments on lung-sickness and his vaccinating method was accepted as standard thereafter.[2]

Eradication of Rinderpest

The second phase of his career began when the threat of rinderpest was on the horizon in the early 1890s. To the north, cattle were becoming sick and dying by the thousands. “Like some belated biblical plague of Egypt . . . it left a trail of bleaching bones and poverty,” said one historian of that period. Dr. Soga was among the first to warn of the dangers rinderpest posed to the Cape Colony. “Our new Colonial enemy is rinderpest,” he wrote in 1892, “Lung Sickness and Redwater are simple fools to it.”

Memorial

The library at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria was named in his honour on 5 May 2009[6]

Publications

His publications include:

  • Soga, Jotello Festiri (1891), Disease "Nenta" in goats, Pretoria, retrieved 5 Aug 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • Soga, Jotello Festiri (1892), Rinderpest, Pretoria, retrieved 5 Aug 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Soga 1983, p. 8.
  2. ^ a b c Heyne 2009.
  3. ^ De Beer 1988, p. 169.
  4. ^ Gutsche 1979, p. 24, 296.
  5. ^ Vets Past QRS.
  6. ^ Soga Library.

References

Monographs

Websites

  • "Vets Past QRS". National Directorate Veterinary Services. Retrieved 2014-08-04.

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