The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Thurston, Edgar
Thurston, Edgar, L.R.C.P., L.S.A., F.R.C.S., C.M.B.S., C.I.E. (1909); Superintendent, Government Museum and Principal Librarian, Connemara Library, Madras (Retired); b. 1855; educ: Eton and King’s College, London (Medical School); won K-I-H gold medal, 1902; Superintendent, Ethnographic Survey of the Madras Presidency, 1902-09. Publications: Castes and Tribes of Southern India; Ethnographic Notes in Southern India; Omens and Superstitions of Southern India; Geography of Madras; Several bulletins on Ethnographic topics and numismatics. Address: Cumberland Lodge, Kew. Club: Oriental.