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Name: CHRISTY, Cuthbert (Dr.)

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Birth Date: 1863 Chignall St James, Essex

Death Date: 29.5.1932 Gangara No Bodio Welle, near Faradje, Ituri forest, Belgian Congo, gored by buffalo

First Date: 1902

Profession: Medical doctor

Area: Uganda

Author: 'Big Game and Pygmies' (1924)

Book Reference: North, Chandler

General Information:

North - Appt. Member of Royal Society Special Medical Commission on Sleeping Sickness in Uganda; arr. Mombasa from England 3-7-1902; dep. Mombasa for Uganda 6-7-1902; dep. Entebbe for UK via Nile & Khartoum 2-2-1903; arr. Mombasa to be in charge of explorations for the 'Uganda & East Africa Exploration Syndicate' 13-2-1905; dep. Mombasa for Entebbe 15-2-1905; Sportsmen's Special Game Licence, Entebbe 1-4-1905; At Hoima seeking forest concession 30-9-1905
Chandler - Christy held government posts in the Congo and the Sudan, and during WW1 he served in East Africa and Mesopotamia. He had the unique distinction of twice being savagely attacked by wounded giant forest hogs. ……… Dr Christy met his end in the Ituri forest, gored to death by a buffalo.
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