Edgar Thurston

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). [ [http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.tu.html Petymol.tu.html ] at www.tmbl.gu.se]

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.

Notes

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*Racial groups of India