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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.
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]

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★ ''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.

See also

★ Racial groups in India (historical definitions)