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Edgar Thurston | |
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| Superintendent of the Madras Government Museum and Connemara Public Library | |
| In office 1885–1908[1] | |
| Preceded by | George Bidie |
| Succeeded by | John Robertson Henderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1855 |
| Died | 1935 Penzance, England |
| Alma mater | King's College, London |
| Profession | Museum superintendent, zoologist, anthropologist |
Edgar Thurston CIE (1855– 12 October 1935) was the British Superintendent at the Madras Government Museum from 1885 to 1908 who contributed to research studies in the fields of zoology, ethnology and botany of India, and later also published his works at the museum. Thurston was educated in medicine and lectured in anatomy at the Madras Medical College while simultaneously holding a senior position at the museum. His early works were on numismatics and geology, and these were later followed by researches in anthropology and ethnography. He succeeded Frederick S. Mullaly as the Superintendent of Ethnography for the Madras Presidency.[2]
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