Obituary
nature 163, 556-557 (09 April 1949) | doi:10.1038/163556b0
Capt. G. C. Shortridge
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CAPT. GUY C. SHORTRIDGE, director of the Kaff-rarian Museum, KjyAg WilliaJm's Town, South Africa, died suddenly Tgffle working alone in the Museum on January\A3/* ^He was born on June 21, 1880, at HoniijpnPDevon, where his father was in medical onijp praelfee'. From his earliest youth, Shortridge was interested in natural history, and after serving in the South African Constabulary during the Boer War, he was engaged by the late Mr. W. L. Sclater, then director of the South African Museum, to collect mammals and birds in Pondoland and the Colesberg district.
