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1855–1935 · British ethnographer and Indologist

Edgar Thurston

Edgar Thurston

Edgar Thurston (1855–1935) was a British museum curator and writer who lived and worked in Madras, now Chennai, India.

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About Edgar Thurston

Edgar Thurston (1855–1935) was a British museum curator and writer who lived and worked in Madras, now Chennai, India. He headed the Government Museum there from 1885 to 1908. His publications included Castes and Tribes of Southern India (1909), with K. Rangachari, and Omens and Superstitions of Southern India (1912).

Born
1855
Died
1935

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