physician
John Shortt.
Anglo-indian physician, anthropologist, naturalist and writer (1822-1889)
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About John Shortt
John Shortt was an Anglo-Indian physician who served in the Madras Presidency in southern India. He conducted research on snake venoms and wrote on a variety of other subjects including anthropology, agriculture, and animal husbandry. A species of shieldtail snake endemic to the Shevaroy Hills is named after him, Uropeltis shorttii.
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- physician
- Born
- 1822
- Died
- 1889