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Name: GRANT, Claude Henry Baxter (Capt.)
Birth Date: 16 Dec 1878 Kensington, London
Death Date: 9 Jan 1958 London
First Date: 1912
Profession: Well known ornithologist, with special interest in African birds. He was taxidermist of the Natural History section of the British Museum
Area: Tanganyika
Married: In Wandsworth 1915 Lena Harriett Priestley b. 25 Sep 1888 Westminster, d. 1977 Worthing
Children: Lena Priestley (29 June 1916)
Author: 'African Handbook of Birds'
Book Reference: Gillett, Red 22
War Service: With the Yeomanry during SA war, with Rifle Brigade in France and EA in WW1
General Information:
He travelled to many parts of the world prior to the SA War.
He was an Administrative Officer in Tanganyika from 1919-32, and then returned to the British Museum. The joint author of the 'African Handbook of Birds'.
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife and dau in Ringwood - as 'colonial administrator'.