Henry Edward Shortt

Henry Edward Shortt (15 April 1887 – 9 November 1987) was an Indian-born British protozoologist.

[1] He was born in Dhariwal, India and educated in Scotland, qualifying as a doctor at Aberdeen University in 1910.

[4] His work on kala azar (leishmaniasis) proved that the disease was transmitted by sandflies and that it could be successfully treated with urea stibamine, an organic antimonial compound.

He also investigated the nature of Negri bodies in rabies, the developmental cycle of piroplasma (Babesia canis) in the tick, parasites of monkey malaria, Plasmodium gallinaceum and new species of protozoan parasites of animals.

[4] Together with Cyril Garnham he identified the tissue stage of malaria parasites (schizonts) in mammals.