Edgar Thurston
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Edgar Thurston (1855-1935) was a British museologist and ethnographer working in colonial Southern India, Superintendent of the Government Museum, Madras. He wrote the seven volumes of "Castes and Tribes of Southern India"; these volumes are the standard reference on the subject.
Some marine organisms were named after him: Manaria thurstoni (E.A. Smith, 1906), Sepia thurstoni (W. Adam & W. J. Rees, 1966), Mobula thurstoni (Lloyd, 1908), Ecteinascidia thurstoni (Herdman, 1890). [1]
[edit] Works
- Castes and Tribes of Southern India, reprints: South Asia Books (1987) ISBN 978-0836424034, Asian Educational Services (1996) ISBN 978-8120602885.
- Ethnographic Notes in Southern India, Laurier Books Ltd (1989) ISBN 978-8120605336.
- with Fawsett Fred and Florence Evans, Nambutiris: Notes on the People of Malabar, Madras Government Museum Bulletin vol. 3, reprint: Asian Educational Services (2001) ISBN 978-8120615755.
