GILRUTH, JOHN ANDERSON (1871-1937) was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, and educated at Arbroath and Dundee. He first studied law, but afterwards turned to veterinary science, which he studied in Glasgow and London. (M.R.C.V.S. 1891.) In 1893 he was appointed Government Veterinarian in New Zealand, in 1898 Chief Veterinarian and in 1901 Pathologist to the Health department. He was a member of the royal commission on public health (1900). In 1908 he was appointed professor of veterinary pathology at Melbourne University; in 1911 a member of a scientific commission to the Northern Territory; and from 1912-20 he was administrator of the Territory. Thereafter till his death (on 4 Feb 1937) he was Chief of the division of animal health for the Commonwealth Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Who's Who N.Z., 1908, 1924, 1932; The Dominion, 6 Feb 1937.

Reference: Volume 1, page 165

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