Abstract
FORTY years ago, when exploration in Central Africa was beginning to give place to settlement, pioneers of many nations frequented the rooms of the Royal Geographical Society in Savile Row and passed within the sphere of hospitality of Sir John Keltie at his club or his home. There one was in the habit of meeting Sir John Kirk and the Rev. Horace Waller, friends of Livingstone, F. C. Selous the hunter-settler in Matabele Land, H. H. Johnston the artist-administrator of British Central Africa, O'Neill the typical exploring consul, and many more. Of these Sir Alfred Sharpe was, until a few weeks ago, almost the last survivor, and his passing ends a period in which science was enriched by men of adventurous spirit, keen even if unspecialised observing power, honesty of purpose and a determined aversion from every form of spectacular publicity.
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M., H. Sir Alfred Sharpe, K.C.M.G., CB. Nature 137, 57 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137057a0
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