Edgar Thurston, the Glossary
Edgar Thurston (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.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: Anatomy, Anthropologist, Anthropology, Anthropometry, Bengal Presidency, Bentfin devil ray, Botany, British Museum, British Newspaper Archive, C. Raja Raja Varma, Cambridge University Press, Caste system in India, Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Connemara Public Library, Denotified Tribes, Ethnography, Ethnology, Eton College, George Bidie, Gerrhopilus thurstoni, Government Museum, Chennai, Herbert Hope Risley, History of anthropometry, John Robertson Henderson, K. Rangachari, Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, Kew, King's College London, Madras Medical College, Madras Presidency, Nature (journal), Numismatics, Oakwood Hospital, Order of the Indian Empire, Oskar Boettger, Penzance, Phrenology, Provincial Geographies of India, Raja Ravi Varma, Robert Vane Russell, Royal College of Physicians, Scientific racism, Sepia thurstoni, The Hindu, Thomas Henry Holland, Zoology.
Anatomy
Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts.
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Anthropologist
An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology.
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Anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans.
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Anthropometry
Anthropometry refers to the measurement of the human individual.
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Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, later the Bengal Province, was the largest of all three presidencies of British India during Company rule and later a province of India.
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Bentfin devil ray
The bentfin devil ray (Mobula thurstoni), also known as the lesser devil ray, smoothtail devil ray, smoothtail mobula or Thurston's devil ray, is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae.
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Botany
Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.
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British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive web site provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers.
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C. Raja Raja Varma
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Caste system in India
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes.
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Castes and Tribes of Southern India
Castes and Tribes of Southern India is a seven-volume encyclopedia of social groups of Madras Presidency and the princely states of Travancore, Mysore, Coorg and Pudukkottai published by British museologist Edgar Thurston and K. Rangachari in 1909.
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Connemara Public Library
* The Connemara Public Library at Egmore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India.
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Denotified Tribes
Denotified Tribes are the tribes in India that were listed originally under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, as Criminal Tribes and "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences." Once a tribe became "notified" as criminal, all its members were required to register with the local magistrate, failing which they would be charged with a crime under the Indian Penal Code.
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Ethnography
Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures.
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Ethnology
Ethnology (from the ἔθνος, ethnos meaning 'nation') is an academic field and discipline that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology).
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Eton College
Eton College is a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England.
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George Bidie
Surgeon General George Bidie CIE (3 April 1830 – 19 February 1913) was a British physician who worked in India in the Madras Medical Service. Edgar Thurston and George Bidie are Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire.
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Gerrhopilus thurstoni
Gerrhopilus thurstoni, or Thurston's worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Gerrhopilidae.
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Government Museum, Chennai
The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a museum of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of Egmore in Chennai, India.
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Herbert Hope Risley
Sir Herbert Hope Risley (4 January 1851 – 30 September 1911) was a British ethnographer and colonial administrator, a member of the Indian Civil Service who conducted extensive studies on the tribes and castes of the Bengal Presidency. Edgar Thurston and Herbert Hope Risley are British male writers.
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History of anthropometry
The history of anthropometry includes its use as an early tool of anthropology, use for identification, use for the purposes of understanding human physical variation in paleoanthropology and in various attempts to correlate physical with racial and psychological traits.
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John Robertson Henderson
John Robertson Henderson CIE FRSE FZS FLS (21 May 1863 – 26 October 1925) was a Scottish zoologist who specialized in the taxonomy of marine crustaceans, particularly the decapods, and worked on specimens collected by the oceanic research vessels Investigator and Challenger. Edgar Thurston and John Robertson Henderson are Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire.
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K. Rangachari
Diwan Bahadur Kadambi Rangachari (September 1868– 10 May 1934) was an Indian botanist and ethnologist.
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Kaisar-i-Hind Medal
The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India was a medal awarded by the Emperor/Empress of India between 1900 and 1947, to "any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex... Edgar Thurston and Kaisar-i-Hind Medal are Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal.
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Kew
Kew is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
King's College London
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England.
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Madras Medical College
Madras Medical College (MMC) is a public medical college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St.
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Nature (journal)
Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.
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Numismatics
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects.
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Oakwood Hospital
Oakwood Hospital in Barming Heath near Maidstone, England was a psychiatric hospital founded in 1833 as the Kent County Lunatic Asylum.
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Order of the Indian Empire
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria on 1 January 1878.
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Oskar Boettger
Oskar Boettger (Böttger; 31 March 1844 – 25 September 1910) was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main.
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Penzance
Penzance (Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Phrenology
Phrenology or craniology is a pseudoscience that involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits.
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Provincial Geographies of India
The Provincial Geographies of India was a four-volume book series which was published between 1913-23 by the Cambridge University Press under the editorship of Thomas Henry Holland.
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Raja Ravi Varma
Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist.
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Robert Vane Russell
Robert Vane Russell (8 August 1873 – 30 December 1915) was a British civil servant, known for his role as Superintendent of Ethnography for what was then the Central Provinces of British India, coordinating the production of publications detailing the peoples of the region.
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Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London, commonly referred to simply as the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination.
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Scientific racism
Scientific racism, sometimes termed biological racism, is the pseudoscientific belief that the human species is divided into biologically distinct taxa called "races", and that empirical evidence exists to support or justify racial discrimination, racial inferiority, or racial superiority.
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Sepia thurstoni
Sepia thurstoni is a species of cuttlefish native to the Indian Ocean, specifically the waters off Chennai in India and off Negombo and Hambantota in Sri Lanka.
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The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
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Thomas Henry Holland
Sir Thomas Henry Holland (22 November 1868 – 15 May 1947) was a British geologist who worked in India with the Geological Survey of India, serving as its director from 1903 to 1910.
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Zoology
ZoologyThe pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Thurston
Also known as E.Thurst., Thurston, Edgar.