Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Pridie, Sir Eric Denholm
Dates of creation: [c. 1968]
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Pridie, Sir Eric Denholm
Language:
English
(1896 - 1978)
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| 1924-1927 | Medical Inspector, Port Sudan |
| 1927-1929 | Medical Inspector, Kassala |
| 1929-1931 | Senior Medical Inspector, Wad Medani |
| 1931-1932 | Senior Medical Inspector, Khartoum |
| 1932-1933 | Assistant Director, Sudan Medical Service |
| 1933-1945 | Director, Sudan Medical Service |
| 1940-1943 | Brigadier, Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1945-1949 | Health Counsellor, British Embassy, Cairo |
| 1946-1949 | Health Adviser, British Middle East Office |
1. Memoirs
Presented by H. Cruden, 1981
Catalogue
1. Memoirs
SAD.720/7/1-159
[c. 1968]
Memoirs of E.D. Pridie entitled
“Travels in peace and war”, covering his career in the Sudan Medical Service and travels throughout the world:
SAD.720/7/12-17
First posting as Medical Inspector at Port Sudan (1924-1927) including descriptions of the area, tribes, medical cases and trek with the Hadanduwah
SAD.720/7/18-23
Posting to Kassala as Medical Inspector (1927-1929), including descriptions of the area and tribes, problems with cases of rabies, snake bites, smallpox, etc.; list of government officials and history of Kassala Province
SAD.720/7/24-26
Posting to Wad Medani, Blue Nile Province as Senior Medical Inspector (1929-1931), including descriptions of the area, with particular reference to agriculture (cotton), climate, local tribes, irrigation, etc.
SAD.720/7/26-40
Posting to Khartoum as Senior Medical Inspector (1931-1932), Assistant Director (1932-1933) and Director of the Sudan Medical Service (1933-1945), including descriptions of Khartoum and the remainder of the country not already mentioned, tribes,
medical cases, etc.
SAD.720/7/41-58
Account of Pridie's trip through Egypt and the Middle East
SAD.720/7/61-74
Travel in Africa (except the Sudan and Egypt
SAD.720/7/96-159
Travel in Asia, Australia and America including China (SAD.720/7/96-107); Hong Kong (SAD.720/7/107-108); Japan (SAD.720/7/108-113); S.E. Asia (SAD.720/7/113-124); Pakistan (SAD.720/7/124-126); Afghanistan (SAD.720/7/126-127); Australia
(SAD.720/7/127-134); New Zealand (SAD.720/7/134); South Sea Islands (SAD.720/7/134-138); N. America (SAD.720/7/138-143); Mexico (SAD.720/7/143-144); Central America (SAD.720/7/145-150) and Brazil (SAD.720/7/150-159)
