Charles George Nurse (1862 in Barnham – 5 November 1933 in Tunbridge Wells) 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. Among his discoveries were a snake, a butterfly, an ant, a neuropteran and about 50 species of moths that he collected were described by G. Hampson and Lord Walsingham. Colonels Cameron and Bingham described 200 species of Hymenoptera from his collections. A species of mosquito that he discovered, Anopheles nursei caused malaria that affected the army campaigns in Mesopotamia.
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