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Edgar Thurston

A British museologist and ethnographer working in colonial Southern India, Superintendent of the Government Museum, Madras (Wikipedia).

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Born 1855
Died 12 October 1935

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  • Cover of: Castes and tribes of southern India.: Assisted by K. Rangachari

    Cover of edition castestribesofso01thuruoft First published in 1909 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Castes and tribes of southern India

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  • Cover of: Omens and superstitions of southern India

    First published in 1912 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Ethnographic notes in southern India.

    First published in 1906 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Notes on the pearl and chank fisheries and marine fauna of the Gulf of Manaar

    Cover of edition notesonpearlchan00thur First published in 1890 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Eurasians of Madras and Malabar: Note on tattooing ; Malagasy-Nias-Dravidians ; Toda petition

    First published in 2004 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Anthropology of the Todas and Kotas of the Nilgiri Hills ; and of the Brahmans, Kammalans, Pallis, and Pariahs of Madras City

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  • Cover of: Anthropology of the Todas and Kotas of the Nilgiri Hills: and of the Bráhmans, Kammálans, Pallis, and Pariahs of Madras City

    First published in 1896 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia and Apoda (frogs, toads, and c¿cilians) of southern India

    First published in 1888 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Madras presidency: with Mysore, Coorg and the associated states

    First published in 1913 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: supplement to F. Hamilton Davey's Flora of Cornwall

    First published in 1922 — 1 edition
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Born 1855
Died 12 October 1935

Subjects

Ethnology, Social life and customs, Caste, Social conditions, Toda (Indic people), Anglo-Indians, Badaga (Indic people), Chank, Dravidian Folklore, Dravidians, Folklore, Funeral customs and rites, India, Madras, Madras (India : Presidency), Manners and customs, Marine animals, Occultism, Omens, Pearl fisheries, Shellfish fisheries, Superstition, Superstitions, Tattooing, Tribes

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India, South India, Madras (Presidency), Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Gulf of Mannar, Kerala, Madras, Malabar, Malabar Coast, Nilgiri Hills, Nilgiri Hills (India), Travancore and Cochin

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  • Thurston, Edgar, 1855
  • Thurston, Edgar

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
January 14, 2017 Edited by Agnes Reid Wikipedia & Gutenberg links added
July 13, 2010 Edited by George Bio, link, name order
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import