# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-thurston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:55:47.167Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-thurston"
name: "Edgar Thurston"
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description: "Edgar Thurston 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."
tagline: "British indologist (1855-1935)"
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birthDate: "1855"
deathDate: "1935"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump