Claude Scudamore Jarvis

Major Claude Scudamore Jarvis
Major C. S. Jarvis, Governor of Sinai, inspecting a Guard of Honour.
Born
Claude Scudamore Jarvis

(1879-07-20)20 July 1879
Forest Gate, Essex (now London), England
Died8 December 1953(1953-12-08) (aged 74)
Ringwood, Hampshire, England

Major Claude Scudamore Jarvis CMG OBE (20 July 1879 – 8 December 1953) was a British colonial governor. As an Arabist and naturalist, he became noted for his knowledge of the desert Bedouin and for his rapport with them.

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