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Name: LOVERIDGE, Arthur
Birth Date: 26 May 1891 Penarth
Death Date: 16 Feb 1980 St. Helena
First Date: 1914
Profession: Curator of Natural History Museum, Asst Game Warden Tanganyika. Biologist and herpetologist
Area: Nairobi, later went to USA, leading authority on EA snakes
Married: In Freretown, Mombasa 10 Dec 1921 Mary Victoria Sloane d. 21 June 1972 St Helena
Children: Brian Arthur (24 Oct 1922 Helensburgh-1990)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAMR, Red 22, EASC, Wikipedia
War Service: Nairobi Defence Force then EAMR through WW1 - E Sqdn. 27/12/15
General Information:
Red 22 - Game Dept., Dar es Salaam
EASC Vol 6 p 816 - 1914 - curator of the Museum in Nairobi - ….. The First World War interrupted his curatorial career as he signed up with the EAMR, …………. After the war, and in the depressed economy of the time, he changed his career to become an assistant game warden in Tanganyika. He married and unfortunately his wife became very sick and they had to leave Africa. …
Virginia Morrell, Ancestral Passions: the Leakey Family The first curator of Nairobi's Natural History Museum, Loveridge was employed by the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society in 1914. He was a slim young zoologist who knew the Latin names for all the birds, animals, and flowers. He was the type of fellow who had been born with a butterfly net in one hand, a killing bottle in the other. He loved to roam the bush and collect specimens and despite the chaotic condition of museum, he spent as much time in the forest as he could. Many of these trips took him to the Kabete area, where he stayed with the Leakeys and found a kindred spirit in Harry Leakey and saw in Louis an image of his younger self.
Virginia Morrell, Ancestral Passions: the Leakey Family The first curator of Nairobi's Natural History Museum, Loveridge was employed by the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society in 1914. He was a slim young zoologist who knew the Latin names for all the birds, animals, and flowers. He was the type of fellow who had been born with a butterfly net in one hand, a killing bottle in the other. He loved to roam the bush and collect specimens and despite the chaotic condition of museum, he spent as much time in the forest as he could. Many of these trips took him to the Kabete area, where he stayed with the Leakeys and found a kindred spirit in Harry Leakey and saw in Louis an image of his younger self.