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Claude H. B. Grant

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185: 79:. In 1914 he again joined military service in the East African Expeditionary Force and after the war, he served in the administration of Tanganyika from 1919 to 1932. He married Lena Harriet Priestly in 1915 and she accompanied him to Africa. He returned to England in 1932 and began to work on a book on the birds of Africa in collaboration with 67:. In 1903 he took up work as a collector for museums and made trips across Namaqualand to Transvall, Zululand and Portuguese East Africa. He returned to England with the collections, which were examined by 222: 71:
In 1908 he made a visit to South America, staying on until 1910 to collect across Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and the Matto Grosso. He published his findings in the
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in 1911 and 1912. He received a silver medal for his work from the British Ornithologists' Union in 1912. He later examined the collections of Captain Cozens and
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for the Boer War. Here, between the hostilities, he made a collection of birds and mammals at
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and military officer who collected birds in Africa and later worked at the bird room of the
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Grant was born in London to Henry and Clare Elizabeth Grant. He was educated at
102:"The expedition of the British Ornithologists' Union to New Guinea, 1909-1911" 196: 20:(24 December 1878 – 9 January 1958) was an English 191:This article about a biologist from England is a 43:. where he met where he came to meet Reverend 216: 8: 223: 209: 174:Biography, Natural History Museum, London 148: 51:studying field surveying and worked with 92: 7: 181: 179: 28:(now the Natural History Museum). 168:The shikari : a hunter's guide 195:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 150:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1958.tb08796.x 118:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1959.tb02357.x 14: 26:British Museum of Natural History 183: 131:Mackworth-Praed, C. W. (1958). 1: 133:"Claude Henry Baxter Grant" 288: 178: 57:Royal Geographical Society 18:Claude Henry Baxter Grant 100:Grant, C. H. B. (1959). 272:English biologist stubs 257:Scientists from London 252:English ornithologists 37:Latimer Grammar School 81:C. W. Mackworth-Praed 53:Edward Ayearst Reeves 47:. He then went to 33:Westbourne Schools 204: 203: 61:Imperial Yeomanry 49:London University 279: 225: 218: 211: 187: 180: 155: 154: 152: 128: 122: 121: 97: 287: 286: 282: 281: 280: 278: 277: 276: 262:English hunters 232: 231: 230: 229: 164: 159: 158: 130: 129: 125: 99: 98: 94: 89: 77:Willoughby Lowe 12: 11: 5: 285: 283: 275: 274: 269: 264: 259: 254: 249: 244: 234: 233: 228: 227: 220: 213: 205: 202: 201: 188: 177: 176: 171: 163: 162:External links 160: 157: 156: 143:(2): 271–273. 123: 91: 90: 88: 85: 69:W. L. Sclater. 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 284: 273: 270: 268: 265: 263: 260: 258: 255: 253: 250: 248: 245: 243: 240: 239: 237: 226: 221: 219: 214: 212: 207: 206: 200: 198: 194: 189: 186: 182: 175: 172: 169: 166: 165: 161: 151: 146: 142: 138: 134: 127: 124: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 96: 93: 86: 84: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 45:Theodore Wood 42: 38: 34: 29: 27: 23: 22:ornithologist 19: 267:Taxidermists 197:expanding it 190: 140: 136: 126: 112:(1): 65–70. 109: 105: 95: 72: 30: 17: 15: 247:1958 deaths 242:1878 births 65:Deelfontein 236:Categories 87:References 39:, and at 41:Blackers 16:Captain 55:at the 170:(1914) 193:stub 137:Ibis 106:Ibis 73:Ibis 145:doi 141:100 114:doi 110:101 238:: 139:. 135:. 108:. 104:. 35:, 224:e 217:t 210:v 199:. 153:. 147:: 120:. 116::

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ornithologist
British Museum of Natural History
Westbourne Schools
Latimer Grammar School
Blackers
Theodore Wood
London University
Edward Ayearst Reeves
Royal Geographical Society
Imperial Yeomanry
Deelfontein
W. L. Sclater.
Willoughby Lowe
C. W. Mackworth-Praed
"The expedition of the British Ornithologists' Union to New Guinea, 1909-1911"
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10.1111/j.1474-919X.1959.tb02357.x
"Claude Henry Baxter Grant"
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10.1111/j.1474-919X.1958.tb08796.x
The shikari : a hunter's guide
Biography, Natural History Museum, London
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