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THE sudden death of Edward George Boulenger at the early age of fifty-seven came as a shock to his many friends and especially to his old colleagues at the London Zoo, and at the Savile Club where he was a well-known and popular member. A week before his death, on April 30, he had been working in the library at the Zoo, taking notes for a book on popular zoology on which he was engaged He then seemed in the best of spirits and was obviously enjoying his well-earned retirement at Polperro in Cornwall, devoting himself to writing, the contemplation of wild life, and the entertainment of his friends, among whom his hospitality was a byword. His fund of stories and anecdotes was inexhaustible, and his knowledge of food and wine and his ready wit made him a most agreeable host.
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VEVERS, G. Mr. E. G. Boulenger. Nature 157, 724 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157724a0
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