J. S. Steward

John Stanbury Steward (28 December 1906 – 18 September 1994) was an English biologist and veterinary scientist specialising in mammalogy, chemical pathology and microbiology. Early life and education Steward was born in Hereford, England, on 28 December 1906. He was the eldest son of Francis Victor Steward, a veterinary inspector and surgeon, and Elsie Mary Havill. His grandfather was John Alfred Steward , Mayor of Worcester 1898–99 and 1900–01, Chairman of the Worcester Theatre Royal Company, and Director of the Worcester Gas Company. From 1921 to 1924, Steward attended Hereford Cathedral School, an independent boarding and day school. He attended the Royal Veterinary College from 1924 to 1928, winning the Royal Agricultural Society's silver medal for Cattle Pathology, the Royal Veterinary Medical Association's gold medal, and the Centenary Prize. He gained a diploma in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, which he attended from 1928 to 1929. In 1930, he enrolled at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool. That same year, he gained a Ministry of Agriculture Research Scholarship in Veterinary Pathology at the University of Cambridge. Career Steward was a member of the Colonial Services Club, Cambridge. He was elected a member of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club in 1954, and from 1964 to 1965, was president of the Central Veterinary Society.