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Charles George Nurse (1862 Barnham - 5 November 1933 was an English  military officer, naturalist,  ornithologist and entomologist.

Charles George Nurse was one of many British military officers who made significant contributions to knowledge of the Natural history of India.

Military Career
Charles George Nurse was educated at King Edward VI School in Bury, St. Edmunds, then at the Royal Military Academy. A linguist with a sound knowledge of Russian and several Oriental languages he rapidly advanced in his chosen career.

in Flanders
 * 22 January 1881 Commissioned into the Royal Irish Fusiliers as a 2nd Lieutenant and advanced to Lieutenant in July the same year. *1881-1884 Served with the regiment in India as an Interpreter and Station Staff  Officer, Kolapore.
 * 1884 served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers in the Sudan Expedition seeing action at the battles of El-Teb and Tamai.
 * December 1884 Seconded to the [Indian Staff Corps|Indian Staff Corps]]
 * March 1885 Appointed to the Bombay Staff Corps
 * 1890 served with the Zaila Field Force  in Somalia
 * January 1892 Promoted to Captain in the Indian Staff Corps
 * January 1901 Promoted to Major Indian Staff Corps
 * January 1907 Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in the 113th Infantry
 * 23 January 1909 (then commander of the [[33rd Punjabis|33rd Punjabi Regiment) retired from the from the Indian Army
 * 12 May 1915 re-appointed from retirement and attached to the 3rd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment

Works
Partial and intended to illustrate the diversity of Nurse's natural history interests.
 * 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 WRONG?
 * Nurse, C.G. 1901. Sport and natural history in northern Gujarat. Vol. 13(3): 337-342.
 * 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 (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 & Magazine of the Natural History (7)11: 393-403, 511-526, 529-549.
 * Nurse, C. G. 1903. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society XV: +360+.??? NB NB
 * 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. 1904. Occurrence of the Common Indian Bee-eater (Merops viridis) in Baluchistan. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. XV (3): 530–531 CHECK
 * 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.

Charles George Nurse (1862 Barnham - 5 November 1933 was an English  military officer, naturalist ornithologist and entomologist.