Olga Uvarov

Dame Olga Nikolaevna Uvarov (9 July 1910 – 29 August 2001) was a veterinary surgeon and clinical researcher. She was the first woman president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. She was a distinguished member of the veterinary profession in every sense, spanning general practice and animal health research as well as veterinary politics and high-level contributions to enlightened legislation affecting animal welfare.

Early life Olga Nikolaevna Uvarov was born in Moscow on 9 July 1910. Her father, Nikola Uvarov, was a prosperous lawyer who could trace his ancestry to a Tartar count; before establishing her own practice in 1944 in Surrey. While at Glaxo, Uvarov published her research on the development of antimicrobials, and their use in animals. From 1951 to 1952, she was president of the Central Veterinary Society, and was awarded the Victory Gold Medal by that society in 1965.

Legacy In 2005, the Dame Olga Uvarov Research Award was established, based on a legacy which Uvarov had left to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

Uvarov's papers are held by the RCVS Knowledge archive.

Death Never married, Uvarov's last years were spent in a nursing home at Hatch End until her death at age 91 on 29 August 2001.

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