E. D. Pridie
Introduction
Eric Denholm Pridie
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Memoirs
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: E. D. Pridie
Dates of creation: ca. 1968
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: E. D. Pridie (1896-1978)
Language: English

Eric Denholm Pridie

(1896-1978)

1924-1927 Medical Inspector, Port Sudan
1927-1929Medical Inspector, Kassala
1929-1931Senior Medical Inspector, Wad Medani
1931-1932Senior Medical Inspector, Khartoum
1932-1933Assistant Director, Sudan Medical Service
1933-1945Director, Sudan Medical Service
1940-1943Brigadier, Royal Army Medical Corps
1945-1949Health Counsellor, British Embassy, Cairo
1946-1949Health Adviser, British Middle East Office


Arrangement

1. Memoirs

Accession details

Presented by H. Cruden, 1981

Catalogue
1. Memoirs
SAD.720/7/1-159
[ca. 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.720/7/58-60
General travel
SAD.720/7/61-74
Travel in Africa (except the Sudan and Egypt
SAD.720/7/75-95
Travel in Europe
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)