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{{short description|English officer, naturalist, entomologist (1862–1933)}}
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| name = Charles George Nurse
| honorific_suffix = [[Royal Entomological Society|FES]]
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| birth_date = 22 March 1862
| birth_place = [[Barnham, Suffolk|Barnham]], [[Suffolk]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1933|11|05|1862|03|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]]
| burial_place = [[Rusthall]] New Cemetery
| occupation = Military officer and [[entomologist]]
| known_for = Contributions to knowledge of the [[Wildlife of India|natural history]] of India, and presentations from his collections to the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]], London
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'''Charles George Nurse''' [[Royal Entomological Society|FES]] (22 March 1862 in [[Barnham, Suffolk|Barnham]], [[Suffolk]] – 5 November 1933 in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]]) was an English military officer, [[Natural history|naturalist]], [[ornithologist]] and [[entomologist]]. He was one of many British military officers who made significant contributions to knowledge of the [[Wildlife of India|natural history]] of India. Among his discoveries were a snake, a butterfly, an ant, and a [[neuropteran]]. About 50 [[species]] of moths that he collected were described by entomologists [[George Hampson|G. Hampson]] and [[Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham|Lord Walsingham]]. Entomologists [[Peter Cameron (entomologist)|P. Cameron]] and [[Charles Thomas Bingham|Col. C. T. Bingham]] described 200 species of [[Hymenoptera]] from his collections. Nurse also discovered the species of mosquito, ''[[Anopheles]] nursei'', later shown to carry the [[Malaria|malarial]] parasite that affected the army campaigns in [[Mesopotamia]].{{Clarify|reason=which army campaigns?|date=April 2022}}

==Life and career==
Charles George Nurse was born on 22 March 1862 in [[Barnham, Suffolk|Barnham]], [[Suffolk]], the eldest son of Rev. George Thompson Nurse, of Barnham and Euston, and Martha Aspland Nurse ([[Birth name|née]] Johnson).<ref>''Birth Certificate''. General Register Office (England & Wales), 1862 June Quarter, Thetford Union Volume 04B Page 403. (Mother's maiden surname: Johnson)</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Births|date=29 March 1862|work=Cambridge Chronicle and Journal|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Marriages|date=6 July 1861|work=Cambridge Independent Press|page=8}}</ref><ref name="news" /> He went to school at [[King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds|King Edward VI School]], [[Bury St Edmunds]], before joining the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy]]. A linguist with a sound knowledge of Russian, Hindustani and several Oriental languages, he advanced rapidly in his chosen career.<ref name="news" />

* 22 January 1881 commissioned into the [[Royal Irish Fusiliers|89th Foot]] as a 2nd lieutenant and advanced to lieutenant in July the same year.<ref name="Commission">{{cite web |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24926/pages/292 |title=London Gazette - Issue 24926. Page 292 (page 12 of 54)|date=21 January 1881|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
*1881-1884 served with the regiment in India as an interpreter and station staff officer, [[Kolapore]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
*1884 served with the 2nd Battalion [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]] in the [[Mahdist War|Sudan Expedition]] seeing action at the battles of [[Battles of El Teb|El-Teb]] and [[Battle of Tamai|Tamai]]. He served under [[Gerald Graham]] and received a medal with clasp and the [[Khedive's Bronze Star]].<ref name="news" />
*27 December 1884 seconded to the [[Indian Staff Corps]].<ref name="Staff Corps">{{cite web |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25432/pages/186 |title=London Gazette - Issue 25432. Page 186 (page 2 of 48)|date=13 January 1885|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
*10 March 1885 promoted to lieutenant while serving in the [[Indian Staff Corps|Bombay Staff Corps]].<ref name="Bombay Staff Corps">{{cite web |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25629/pages/4739 |title=London Gazette - Issue 25629. Page 4739 (page 17 of 60)|date=28 September 1886|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
*1890 served with the [[Zeila|Zaila]] Field Force<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/257522.html|title=The Soldier's Burden|website=www.kaiserscross.com|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> in [[Somalia]] and commanded the base at Zaila. His book ''A Journey in Somaliland'' was published by the [[Royal Geographical Society]] in 1891 and led to his being elected a [[fellow]] of the society.<ref name="news" />
*22 January 1892 promoted to captain in the Indian Staff Corps.<ref name="Captain">{{cite web |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26268/pages/1515 |title=London Gazette - Issue 26268. Page 1515 (page 3 of 76)|date=15 March 1892|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> In 1893 he had a fall from his horse resulting in a crack in his skull.<ref name="news" />
*January 1901 promoted to major in the Indian Staff Corps.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
*January 1907 promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the [[113th Infantry]].<ref name="Command">{{cite web |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28005/pages/1928 |title=London Gazette - Issue 28005. Page 1928 (page 4 of 76)|date=19 March 1907|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
*23 January 1909 by then commander of the [[33rd Punjabis|33rd Punjabi Regiment]] and retired from the Indian Army.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
*12 May 1915 re-appointed from retirement and attached to the 3rd Battalion [[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment|Bedfordshire Regiment]] in [[Western Front (World War I)|Flanders]].<ref name="Reservist duty">{{cite web |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29184/supplements/5480 |title=London Gazette - Issue 29184. Page 5480 (page 2 of 12)|date=4 June 1915|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>

He lived at "Redcote", Rustwick, [[Rusthall]] Park after retirement and was a member of the [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]] and Counties Clubs. He died of acute pneumonia on 5 November 1933 in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], Kent, and was buried at Rusthall New Cemetery.<ref name="news">{{cite news|newspaper=Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser| date=10 November 1933| title=Death of Lieut.-Col. C.G. Nurse. Well-known entomologist and soldier|page=11| via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription | url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001068/19331110/241/0011}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=The Late Lt.-Col. Nurse. A Former West Suffolk Resident. A Notable Entomologist|date=11 November 1933|work=Bury Free Press|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Lieut.-Colonel Nurse|date=7 November 1933|work=The Times|page=8}}</ref>

==Natural history==
[[Image:1896ProceedingsZoologicalSocietyLondonPlate10.jpg|thumb|Lepidoptera collected by Nurse at Aden and in Somaliland|alt=Coloured drawing of numerous lepidoptera displayed as scientific specimens]]
Nurse had a lifelong interest in birds and, as many naturalists did, collected butterflies and moths. His interest deepened{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} after [[Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham|Lord Walsingham]] and [[George Hampson]] published "On Moths Collected at [[Aden]] and in Somaliland" in the ''Proceedings of the [[Zoological Society of London]]'' in 1896.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lord Walsingham|last2=Hampson|first2=G. F.|date=1896|title=On Moths Collected at Aden and in Somaliland|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97256#page/303/mode/1up|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London|volume=16|pages=257–283}}</ref> This article was based on Nurse's specimens and species new to science were described. Nurse later{{When|date=April 2022}} widened his interest to other orders of insects, especially [[Hymenoptera]]. At this time,{{When|date=April 2022}} Indian [[Hymenoptera]] were neglected. Nurse described many new species and added greatly to knowledge of the group.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} Many Nurse Hymenoptera specimens were described by [[Charles Thomas Bingham]],{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} [[Peter Cameron (entomologist)|Peter Cameron]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cameron|first=Peter|date=1907|title=Description of a new genus and some new species of Hymenoptera captured by Lieut.-Col. C.G. Nurse at Deesa, Matheran and Ferozepore|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95250#page/1135/mode/1up|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society|volume=17|issue=IV|pages=1001–1012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cameron|first=Peter|date=1907|title=On a New Genus and Some New Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera Collected by Lieut.-Col. C. G. Nurse in Baluchistan|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18938#page/170/mode/1up|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society|volume=18|issue=I|pages=130–136}}</ref> and [[Claude Morley]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Morley|first=Claude|url=https://archive.org/details/hymenoptera03bing/page/n3/mode/2up|title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma|publisher=Taylor and Francis|year=1913|volume='''3: Hymenoptera''' (Ichneumidae: I. Ichneumones Deltoidei)|location=London}}</ref> in ''[[The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma]]''.

At [[Quetta]], Nurse discovered the species of mosquito, ''[[Anopheles]] nursei'', which was later shown to carry the [[Malaria|malarial]] parasite.<ref name=":0" />

==Collections==
Most of Nurse's [[Lepidoptera]] collection from Aden, [[Balochistan|Baluchistan]], and Somaliland was acquired by [[James John Joicey]] in 1919.<ref name="Bulletin1">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/n9|title=The Bulletin of the Hill Museum: A Magazine of Lepidoptera|publisher=John Bale, Sons and Danielsson Ltd|year=1924|editor-last=Joicey|editor-first=J. J.|volume=1|location=London|access-date=6 December 2019|editor-last2=Talbot|editor-first2=G.}}</ref>{{Rp|4}}

He presented his entire collection of over 10,000 Indian Hymenoptera specimens to the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]], London, in 1920.<ref name="news" />

Nurse also bequested a collection of 3,000 Indian insects to the Natural History Museum. <blockquote>By the will of the late Lieut.-Col. C. G. Nurse, the Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) have received a bequest of 3,000 Indian insects mostly obtained at Quetta, [[Deesa]] and [[Jabalpur|Jubbulpore]], where Col. Nurse served with the Indian Army. Col. Nurse was one of the small band of naturalists among military officers who devoted their leisure to the study of entomology, and was an enthusiastic collector of Hymenoptera, forming a large and valuable collection which he presented to the Museum a few years ago. The present bequest comprises the remainder of his Indian insects and includes about 1,450 [[Fly|Diptera]] (two winged flies), 1,300 butterflies, 130 dragon-flies and some others; of these the most valuable are the Diptera. The collection is especially rich in species of the family [[Bombyliidae]], most of which are parasitic in the larval state on bees or wasps. Col. Nurse discovered and described fourteen species of this family which were new to science, and [[Type (biology)|types]] of these are in the collection, as well as specimens of a number of other flies which were not previously represented in the Museum. Some interesting butterflies and other insects from Aden are included. – [[Nature (journal)|''Nature'']], 1934.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=3 March 1934|title=Recent Acquisitions at the Natural History Museum|journal=Nature|volume=133|issue=3357 |pages=323|doi=10.1038/133323b0 |bibcode=1934Natur.133R.323. |s2cid=4204088 }}</ref></blockquote>

==Societies==
Nurse was a member of the [[Bombay Natural History Society]] (Managing Committee). He was elected a [[fellow]] of the [[Royal Entomological Society|Entomological Society of London]] in 1895 and a special life fellow in 1932.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}

==Eponyms==
A species of snake, ''[[Leptotyphlops nursii]]'', was named in his honor,<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Nurse", p. 192).</ref> as were the following insects:

Elis nursei ([[Tiphiidae]]), Glypta nursei ([[Ichneumonidae]]), Melcha nursei (Ichneumonidae), Xylota nursei ([[Hoverfly|Syrphidae]]), Chrysis nursei ([[Cuckoo wasp|Chrysididae]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bionames.org/search/nursei|title=BioNames|website=bionames.org|access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref>

==Works==
Partial list illustrating the diversity of Nurse's natural history interests:
*Nurse, C. G. 1891. A Journey Through Part of Somali-Land, Between Zeila and Bulhar. ''Proceedings of the [[Royal Geographical Society]] and Monthly Record of Geography.'' 13 (11): 657–663
*Nurse, C. G. 1899. Food of the Indian Grey Shrike. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History'' ''Society''. XII (3): 572
*Nurse, C. G. 1899. Birds Flying Against Window-panes. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. XII (3): 572
*Nurse, C. G. 1901. ''[https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn13190001bomb#page/337/mode/1up/ Sport and Natural History in Northern Gujarat]''. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. XIII: 337–342
*Nurse, C. G. 1902. New Species of Indian Hymenoptera. ''Journal of the [[Asiatic Society of Bengal]]''. 70 (2): 146–154
*Nurse, C. G. 1902. Sandgrouse in Northern Gujarat. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. XIV (2): 387–388
*Nurse, C. G. 1902. Occurrence of the Red-breasted Merganser (''[[Mergus|Merganser]] serrator'') near Quetta. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. XIV (2): 400–401
*Nurse, C. G. 1902. Unusual abundance of Sandgrouse at Deesa. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. XIV (1): 172–173
*Nurse, C. G. 1902. ''Merops apiaster'' Breeding in Baluchistan. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. XIV (3): 627
*Nurse, C. G. 1903. The Enemies of Butterflies. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. XV (2): 349–350
*Nurse, C. G. 1903. On New Indian Aculeate Hymenoptera. ''[[Annals and Magazine of Natural History]].'' Series 7. 11: 393–403, [[doi:10.1080/00222930308678811|511–526]], 529–549
*Nurse, C. G. 1904. Occurrence of the Common Indian Bee-eater ''Merops viridis'' in Baluchistan. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 15 (3): 530–531
*Nurse, C. G. 1904. New species of Indian Hymenoptera ''Apidae''. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.'' 15 (4): 557–585
*Nurse, C. G. 1906. Food of ''Monopis rusticella.'' ''Entomologist'' 9:160
*Nurse, C. G. 1910. Notes regarding the breeding of ''Cheilosia grossa''. ''Entomologist'' 43: 313–314
*Nurse, C. G. 1922. New and Little Known Indian ''Bombyliidae''. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.'' 28: 630–641
*Nurse, C. G. 1922. New and Little Known Indian ''Bombyliidae''. Part II. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.'' 28: 883–888

==Citations==
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==References==
*Obit. ''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'', Volume 70 1934 ([https://books.google.com.au/books?redir_esc=y&id=pMYHAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=nurse from p. 20])
*D.J. Greathead, 1967 The Bombyliidae (Diptera) of northern Ethiopia Journal of Natural History Volume 1, Issue 2, 1967: 195–284. Describes new species from specimens collected by Nurse.
*Jivanayakam Cyril Daniel and Baljit Singh ''Natural History and the Indian Army'' OUP India
*Rao, B. R. Subba (1998) ''History of Entomology in India''. Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore. pp. 29–30

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	'''Charles George Nurse''' [[Royal Entomological Society\|FES]] (22 March 1862 in [[Barnham, Suffolk\|Barnham]], [[Suffolk]] – 5 November 1933 in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells\|Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]]) was an English military officer, [[Natural history\|naturalist]], [[ornithologist]] and [[entomologist]]. He was one of many British military officers who made significant contributions to knowledge of the [[Wildlife of India\|natural history]] of India. Among his discoveries were a snake, a butterfly, an ant, and a [[neuropteran]]. About 50 [[species]] of moths that he collected were described by entomologists [[George Hampson\|G. Hampson]] and [[Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham\|Lord Walsingham]]. Entomologists [[Peter Cameron (entomologist)\|P. Cameron]] and [[Charles Thomas Bingham\|Col. C. T. Bingham]] described 200 species of [[Hymenoptera]] from his collections. Nurse also discovered the species of mosquito, ''[[Anopheles]] nursei'', later shown to carry the [[Malaria\|malarial]] parasite that affected the army campaigns in [[Mesopotamia]].{{Clarify\|reason=which army campaigns?\|date=April ~~2022~~}}		'''Charles George Nurse''' [[Royal Entomological Society\|FES]] (22 March 1862 in [[Barnham, Suffolk\|Barnham]], [[Suffolk]] – 5 November 1933 in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells\|Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]]) was an English military officer, [[Natural history\|naturalist]], [[ornithologist]] and [[entomologist]]. He was one of many British military officers who made significant contributions to knowledge of the [[Wildlife of India\|natural history]] of India. Among his discoveries were a snake, a butterfly, an ant, and a [[neuropteran]]. About 50 [[species]] of moths that he collected were described by entomologists [[George Hampson\|G. Hampson]] and [[Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham\|Lord Walsingham]]. Entomologists [[Peter Cameron (entomologist)\|P. Cameron]] and [[Charles Thomas Bingham\|Col. C. T. Bingham]] described 200 species of [[Hymenoptera]] from his collections. Nurse also discovered the species of mosquito, ''[[Anopheles]] nursei'', later shown to carry the [[Malaria\|malarial]] parasite that affected the army campaigns in [[Mesopotamia]].{{Clarify\|reason=which army campaigns?\|date=April 2020}}

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
	Charles George Nurse was born on 22 March 1862 in [[Barnham, Suffolk\|Barnham]], [[Suffolk]], the eldest son of Rev. George Thompson Nurse, of Barnham and Euston, and Martha Aspland Nurse ([[Birth name\|née]] Johnson).<ref>''Birth Certificate''. General Register Office (England & Wales), 1862 June Quarter, Thetford Union Volume 04B Page 403. (Mother's maiden surname: Johnson)</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Births\|date=29 March 1862\|work=Cambridge Chronicle and Journal\|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Marriages\|date=6 July 1861\|work=Cambridge Independent Press\|page=8}}</ref><ref name="news" /> He went to school at [[King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds\|King Edward VI School]], [[Bury St Edmunds]], before joining the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst\|Royal Military Academy]]. A linguist with a sound knowledge of Russian, Hindustani and several Oriental languages, he advanced rapidly in his chosen career.<ref name="news" />		Charles George Nurse was born on 22 March 1862 in [[Barnham, Suffolk\|Barnham]], [[Suffolk]], the eldest son of Rev. George Thompson Nurse, of Barnham and Euston, and Martha Aspland Nurse ([[Birth name\|née]] Johnson).<ref>''Birth Certificate''. General Register Office (England & Wales), 1862 June Quarter, Thetford Union Volume 04B Page 403. (Mother's maiden surname: Johnson)</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Births\|date=29 March 1862\|work=Cambridge Chronicle and Journal\|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Marriages\|date=6 July 1861\|work=Cambridge Independent Press\|page=8}}</ref><ref name="news" /> He went to school at [[King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds\|King Edward VI School]], [[Bury St Edmunds]], before joining the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst\|Royal Military Academy]]. A linguist with a sound knowledge of Russian, Hindustani and several Oriental languages, he advanced rapidly in his chosen career.<ref name="news" />

	* 22 January 1881 commissioned into the [[Royal Irish Fusiliers\|89th Foot]] as a 2nd lieutenant and advanced to lieutenant in July the same year.<ref name="Commission">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24926/pages/292 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 24926. Page 292 (page 12 of 54)\|date=21 January 1881\|access-date=14 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		* 22 January 1881 commissioned into the [[Royal Irish Fusiliers\|89th Foot]] as a 2nd lieutenant and advanced to lieutenant in July the same year.<ref name="Commission">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24926/pages/292 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 24926. Page 292 (page 12 of 54)\|date=21 January 1881\|access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
	*1881-1884 served with the regiment in India as an interpreter and station staff officer, [[Kolapore]].{{Citation needed\|date=April ~~2022~~}}		*1881-1884 served with the regiment in India as an interpreter and station staff officer, [[Kolapore]].{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}}
	*1884 served with the 2nd Battalion [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]] in the [[Mahdist War\|Sudan Expedition]] seeing action at the battles of [[Battles of El Teb\|El-Teb]] and [[Battle of Tamai\|Tamai]]. He served under [[Gerald Graham]] and received a medal with clasp and the [[Khedive's Bronze Star]].<ref name="news" />		*1884 served with the 2nd Battalion [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]] in the [[Mahdist War\|Sudan Expedition]] seeing action at the battles of [[Battles of El Teb\|El-Teb]] and [[Battle of Tamai\|Tamai]]. He served under [[Gerald Graham]] and received a medal with clasp and the [[Khedive's Bronze Star]].<ref name="news" />
	*27 December 1884 seconded to the [[Indian Staff Corps]].<ref name="Staff Corps">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25432/pages/186 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 25432. Page 186 (page 2 of 48)\|date=13 January 1885\|access-date=14 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		*27 December 1884 seconded to the [[Indian Staff Corps]].<ref name="Staff Corps">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25432/pages/186 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 25432. Page 186 (page 2 of 48)\|date=13 January 1885\|access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
	*10 March 1885 promoted to lieutenant while serving in the [[Indian Staff Corps\|Bombay Staff Corps]].<ref name="Bombay Staff Corps">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25629/pages/4739 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 25629. Page 4739 (page 17 of 60)\|date=28 September 1886\|access-date=14 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		*10 March 1885 promoted to lieutenant while serving in the [[Indian Staff Corps\|Bombay Staff Corps]].<ref name="Bombay Staff Corps">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25629/pages/4739 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 25629. Page 4739 (page 17 of 60)\|date=28 September 1886\|access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
	*1890 served with the [[Zeila\|Zaila]] Field Force<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/257522.html\|title=The Soldier's Burden\|website=www.kaiserscross.com\|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> in [[Somalia]] and commanded the base at Zaila. His book ''A Journey in Somaliland'' was published by the [[Royal Geographical Society]] in 1891 and led to his being elected a [[fellow]] of the society.<ref name="news" />		*1890 served with the [[Zeila\|Zaila]] Field Force<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/257522.html\|title=The Soldier's Burden\|website=www.kaiserscross.com\|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> in [[Somalia]] and commanded the base at Zaila. His book ''A Journey in Somaliland'' was published by the [[Royal Geographical Society]] in 1891 and led to his being elected a [[fellow]] of the society.<ref name="news" />
	*22 January 1892 promoted to captain in the Indian Staff Corps.<ref name="Captain">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26268/pages/1515 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 26268. Page 1515 (page 3 of 76)\|date=15 March 1892\|access-date=14 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> In 1893 he had a fall from his horse resulting in a crack in his skull.<ref name="news" />		*22 January 1892 promoted to captain in the Indian Staff Corps.<ref name="Captain">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26268/pages/1515 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 26268. Page 1515 (page 3 of 76)\|date=15 March 1892\|access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref> In 1893 he had a fall from his horse resulting in a crack in his skull.<ref name="news" />
	*January 1901 promoted to major in the Indian Staff Corps.{{Citation needed\|date=April ~~2022~~}}		*January 1901 promoted to major in the Indian Staff Corps.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}}
	*January 1907 promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the [[113th Infantry]].<ref name="Command">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28005/pages/1928 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 28005. Page 1928 (page 4 of 76)\|date=19 March 1907\|access-date=14 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		*January 1907 promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the [[113th Infantry]].<ref name="Command">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28005/pages/1928 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 28005. Page 1928 (page 4 of 76)\|date=19 March 1907\|access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
	*23 January 1909 by then commander of the [[33rd Punjabis\|33rd Punjabi Regiment]] and retired from the Indian Army.{{Citation needed\|date=April ~~2022~~}}		*23 January 1909 by then commander of the [[33rd Punjabis\|33rd Punjabi Regiment]] and retired from the Indian Army.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}}
	*12 May 1915 re-appointed from retirement and attached to the 3rd Battalion [[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment\|Bedfordshire Regiment]] in [[Western Front (World War I)\|Flanders]].<ref name="Reservist duty">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29184/supplements/5480 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 29184. Page 5480 (page 2 of 12)\|date=4 June 1915\|access-date=14 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		*12 May 1915 re-appointed from retirement and attached to the 3rd Battalion [[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment\|Bedfordshire Regiment]] in [[Western Front (World War I)\|Flanders]].<ref name="Reservist duty">{{cite web \|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29184/supplements/5480 \|title=London Gazette - Issue 29184. Page 5480 (page 2 of 12)\|date=4 June 1915\|access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>

	He lived at "Redcote", Rustwick, [[Rusthall]] Park after retirement and was a member of the [[Royal Tunbridge Wells\|Tunbridge Wells]] and Counties Clubs. He died of acute pneumonia on 5 November 1933 in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells\|Tunbridge Wells]], Kent, and was buried at Rusthall New Cemetery.<ref name="news">{{cite news\|newspaper=Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser\| date=10 November 1933\| title=Death of Lieut.-Col. C.G. Nurse. Well-known entomologist and soldier\|page=11\| via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]\|url-access=subscription \| url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001068/19331110/241/0011}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|title=The Late Lt.-Col. Nurse. A Former West Suffolk Resident. A Notable Entomologist\|date=11 November 1933\|work=Bury Free Press\|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Lieut.-Colonel Nurse\|date=7 November 1933\|work=The Times\|page=8}}</ref>		He lived at "Redcote", Rustwick, [[Rusthall]] Park after retirement and was a member of the [[Royal Tunbridge Wells\|Tunbridge Wells]] and Counties Clubs. He died of acute pneumonia on 5 November 1933 in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells\|Tunbridge Wells]], Kent, and was buried at Rusthall New Cemetery.<ref name="news">{{cite news\|newspaper=Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser\| date=10 November 1933\| title=Death of Lieut.-Col. C.G. Nurse. Well-known entomologist and soldier\|page=11\| via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]\|url-access=subscription \| url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001068/19331110/241/0011}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|title=The Late Lt.-Col. Nurse. A Former West Suffolk Resident. A Notable Entomologist\|date=11 November 1933\|work=Bury Free Press\|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Lieut.-Colonel Nurse\|date=7 November 1933\|work=The Times\|page=8}}</ref>
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	==Natural history==		==Natural history==
	[[Image:1896ProceedingsZoologicalSocietyLondonPlate10.jpg\|thumb\|Lepidoptera collected by Nurse at Aden and in Somaliland\|alt=Coloured drawing of numerous lepidoptera displayed as scientific specimens]]		[[Image:1896ProceedingsZoologicalSocietyLondonPlate10.jpg\|thumb\|Lepidoptera collected by Nurse at Aden and in Somaliland\|alt=Coloured drawing of numerous lepidoptera displayed as scientific specimens]]
	Nurse had a lifelong interest in birds and, as many naturalists did, collected butterflies and moths. His interest deepened{{Citation needed\|date=April ~~2022~~}} after [[Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham\|Lord Walsingham]] and [[George Hampson]] published "On Moths Collected at [[Aden]] and in Somaliland" in the ''Proceedings of the [[Zoological Society of London]]'' in 1896.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Lord Walsingham\|last2=Hampson\|first2=G. F.\|date=1896\|title=On Moths Collected at Aden and in Somaliland\|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97256#page/303/mode/1up\|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London\|volume=16\|pages=257–283}}</ref> This article was based on Nurse's specimens and species new to science were described. Nurse later{{When\|date=April ~~2022~~}} widened his interest to other orders of insects, especially [[Hymenoptera]]. At this time,{{When\|date=April ~~2022~~}} Indian [[Hymenoptera]] were neglected. Nurse described many new species and added greatly to knowledge of the group.{{Citation needed\|date=April ~~2022~~}} Many Nurse Hymenoptera specimens were described by [[Charles Thomas Bingham]],{{Citation needed\|date=April ~~2022~~}} [[Peter Cameron (entomologist)\|Peter Cameron]],<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Cameron\|first=Peter\|date=1907\|title=Description of a new genus and some new species of Hymenoptera captured by Lieut.-Col. C.G. Nurse at Deesa, Matheran and Ferozepore\|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95250#page/1135/mode/1up\|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society\|volume=17\|issue=IV\|pages=1001–1012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Cameron\|first=Peter\|date=1907\|title=On a New Genus and Some New Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera Collected by Lieut.-Col. C. G. Nurse in Baluchistan\|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18938#page/170/mode/1up\|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society\|volume=18\|issue=I\|pages=130–136}}</ref> and [[Claude Morley]]<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Morley\|first=Claude\|url=https://archive.org/details/hymenoptera03bing/page/n3/mode/2up\|title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma\|publisher=Taylor and Francis\|year=1913\|volume='''3: Hymenoptera''' (Ichneumidae: I. Ichneumones Deltoidei)\|location=London}}</ref> in ''[[The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma]]''.		Nurse had a lifelong interest in birds and, as many naturalists did, collected butterflies and moths. His interest deepened{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}} after [[Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham\|Lord Walsingham]] and [[George Hampson]] published "On Moths Collected at [[Aden]] and in Somaliland" in the ''Proceedings of the [[Zoological Society of London]]'' in 1896.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Lord Walsingham\|last2=Hampson\|first2=G. F.\|date=1896\|title=On Moths Collected at Aden and in Somaliland\|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97256#page/303/mode/1up\|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London\|volume=16\|pages=257–283}}</ref> This article was based on Nurse's specimens and species new to science were described. Nurse later{{When\|date=April 2020}} widened his interest to other orders of insects, especially [[Hymenoptera]]. At this time,{{When\|date=April 2020}} Indian [[Hymenoptera]] were neglected. Nurse described many new species and added greatly to knowledge of the group.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}} Many Nurse Hymenoptera specimens were described by [[Charles Thomas Bingham]],{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}} [[Peter Cameron (entomologist)\|Peter Cameron]],<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Cameron\|first=Peter\|date=1907\|title=Description of a new genus and some new species of Hymenoptera captured by Lieut.-Col. C.G. Nurse at Deesa, Matheran and Ferozepore\|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95250#page/1135/mode/1up\|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society\|volume=17\|issue=IV\|pages=1001–1012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Cameron\|first=Peter\|date=1907\|title=On a New Genus and Some New Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera Collected by Lieut.-Col. C. G. Nurse in Baluchistan\|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18938#page/170/mode/1up\|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society\|volume=18\|issue=I\|pages=130–136}}</ref> and [[Claude Morley]]<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Morley\|first=Claude\|url=https://archive.org/details/hymenoptera03bing/page/n3/mode/2up\|title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma\|publisher=Taylor and Francis\|year=1913\|volume='''3: Hymenoptera''' (Ichneumidae: I. Ichneumones Deltoidei)\|location=London}}</ref> in ''[[The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma]]''.

	At [[Quetta]], Nurse discovered the species of mosquito, ''[[Anopheles]] nursei'', which was later shown to carry the [[Malaria\|malarial]] parasite.<ref name=":0" />		At [[Quetta]], Nurse discovered the species of mosquito, ''[[Anopheles]] nursei'', which was later shown to carry the [[Malaria\|malarial]] parasite.<ref name=":0" />
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	==Societies==		==Societies==
	Nurse was a member of the [[Bombay Natural History Society]] (Managing Committee). He was elected a [[fellow]] of the [[Royal Entomological Society\|Entomological Society of London]] in 1895 and a special life fellow in 1932.{{Citation needed\|date=April ~~2022~~}}		Nurse was a member of the [[Bombay Natural History Society]] (Managing Committee). He was elected a [[fellow]] of the [[Royal Entomological Society\|Entomological Society of London]] in 1895 and a special life fellow in 1932.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}}

	==Eponyms==		==Eponyms==
	A species of snake, ''[[Leptotyphlops nursii]]'', was named in his honor,<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN\|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Nurse", p. 192).</ref> as were the following insects:		A species of snake, ''[[Leptotyphlops nursii]]'', was named in his honor,<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN\|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Nurse", p. 192).</ref> as were the following insects:

	Elis nursei ([[Tiphiidae]]), Glypta nursei ([[Ichneumonidae]]), Melcha nursei (Ichneumonidae), Xylota nursei ([[Hoverfly\|Syrphidae]]), Chrysis nursei ([[Cuckoo wasp\|Chrysididae]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://bionames.org/search/nursei\|title=BioNames\|website=bionames.org\|access-date=20 April ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Elis nursei ([[Tiphiidae]]), Glypta nursei ([[Ichneumonidae]]), Melcha nursei (Ichneumonidae), Xylota nursei ([[Hoverfly\|Syrphidae]]), Chrysis nursei ([[Cuckoo wasp\|Chrysididae]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://bionames.org/search/nursei\|title=BioNames\|website=bionames.org\|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>

	==Works==		==Works==