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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Hoskins, H. Preston
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Description area
Dates of existence
1886-1967
History
Dr. Horace Preston Hoskins was born on January 3, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was an American veterinarian and editor. Dr. Hoskins became an Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science and Assistant Veterinarian at the University of Minnesota. He served as an editor of the North American Veterinarian and was later named editor emeritus of Modern Veterinary Practice. From 1923 until 1939, Dr. Hoskins served as an editor of The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
In 1913, he married Anna M. Smith (1880–). He died on May 30, 1967, in Evanston, Cook, Illinois.