> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 271](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212313) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10589-1) LSID 10589-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4460170) QID Q4460170 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Thomas, Cyrus (1825-1910), American ethnologist, entomologist, plant collector and Lutheran minister; co-founder of the Illinois Natural History Society 1858; member of F.V. Hayden's Survey in Colorado and New Mexico 1869-1873; teacher at Carbondale 1873-1875; state entomologist of Illinois from 1874-1876; ultimately dedicating himself to ethnology in the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology. **Abbreviated name**: *C. Thomas* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.Thomas*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]]. – *Letters* and mss. at SIA. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 374 (b. 27 Jul 1825, d. 25 Jun 1910); BM 5: 2095; CSP 8: 1075, 11: 581, 12: 728-729, 19: 84; DAB 18: 426; Ewan ed. 1: 225, 276, 299, 314, 320, ed. 2: 219; ME 1: 233, 3: 665; Tucker 3: 307. #### Biofile - Allison, E.M., Univ. Colorado Stud. 6: 75. 1909. - Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 1: 318-319. 1906; Natl. Cycl. Amer. biogr. 13: 528-529. 1906; Science ser. 2. 32: 53. 1910 (d.); The New York Times 28 Jun 1910; Who's who Amer. 1-8, 1899-1915; Who was who Amer. 1: 1229. 1968. - Bailey, W.M., Illinois Acad. Sci. Trans. 41: 23-24. 1948. - Essig, E.O., Hist. entom. 770-772. 1931. - Coding, F.W., Trans. Illinois State Hort. Soc. ser. 2. 22: 106-108. 1888. - Howard, Smiths. misc. Coll. 84: 14-15, 28, 55, 81-83, 86, 99, 102. 1931. - J.A.F., J. econ. Entom. 3(4): 383-384. 1910 (obit.). - J.A.G.R., Entom. News 21: 387-388. 1910 (obit.). - Mallis, A., Amer. entom. 50-52. 1971. - Mills, H.B., III. Nat. Hist. Surv. 27(2): 93-94. 1958 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Osborn, H., Fragm. entom. hist. 140. 1937. - Weiss, H.B., Pioneer cent. Amer. entom. 220-221. 1936.