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V. T. (Vickers T.) Atkinson

d. 1891

Best known as a veterinary writer linked to public work on livestock health, he appears in late 19th-century records as V. T. (Vickers T.) Atkinson. Surviving information is sparse, but his name is connected with practical writing on cattle disease and animal health.

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Special report on diseases of cattle

Special report on diseases of cattle

by V. T. (Vickers T.) Atkinson, Dr. (William) Dickson, A. (Adolph) Eichhorn, Richard W. (Richard West) Hickman, James Law, (Dr.) (William Herbert) Lowe, C. Dwight (Charles Dwight) Marsh, John R. (John Robbins) Mohler, A. J. (Alexander James) Murray, Leonard Pearson, Brayton Howard Ransom, M. R. (Milton R.) Trumbower, United States. Bureau of Animal Industry, Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward

About the author

V. T. (Vickers T.) Atkinson is a little-documented 19th-century author whose surviving record points to work in veterinary and agricultural writing. Project Gutenberg lists him as the author connected with Special report on diseases of cattle, and a later PubMed index for an 1891 journal item identifies V. T. Atkinson as a state veterinarian.

That suggests he wrote from practical experience rather than from a purely literary career. His work seems to belong to a period when animal disease, livestock care, and public veterinary oversight were important concerns for farming communities.

Because reliable biographical sources are limited, many personal details about his life remain unclear. Even so, the record that survives places him among the professional voices who helped explain animal health issues to readers in the late 1800s.