Colonel John Hickman, MA, FRCVS, Hon. FWCF, is Emeritus Reader in Animal Surgery of the University of Cambridge. He served in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps from 1936 to 1947 and was Honorary Colonel Commandant from 1970-1979. He was the founder President of the British Equine Veterinary Association and the first Editor of the Equine Veterinary Journal.