> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 339](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212381) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10652-1) LSID 10652-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337491) QID Q5337491 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Thurston, Edgar (1855-1935), British botanist and anthropologist; studied medicine at King's College, London (L.R.C.P. 1877); superintendent of the Government Museum, Madras 1885-1909; from 1910 in retirement in Cornwall dedicating himself to the local flora and to horticulture. **Abbreviated name**: *E. Thurst.* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.Thurst.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (Cornwall); duplicates at [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection NOT|NOT]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection RNG|RNG]]; Indian marine algae at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 382; BL 2: 217, 231, 232, 723; BM 5: 2112; Clokie p. 254; CSP 19: 116; Desmond p. 612 (b. 14 Jul 1855, d. 5 Oct 1935); Hortus 3: 1205; PH 533; Rehder 5: 849; Tucker 1: 690, 3: 308. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 238: 835-837. 1961; Cat. gén. livr. Bibl. natl. 188: 961-964. 1962; The Times 8 Oct 1935;; Who's who 1910-1936;. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.354. 1980. - Jackson, A.B., J. Bot. 74: 21-22. 1936 (obit.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 81. 1957. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 258. 1984. - Turrill, W.B., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1935: 594-595 (obit.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 174, 190. 1936. - W.B.T., Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Rep. 11: 19-20. 1935 (obit. not.). #### Composite works *Index*, 165 p., 1896, to G. Watt, *A dictionary of the economic products of India* (6 vols. in 9, 1889-1893). ### Publications ##### n.14.452. A supplement to **Title** *A supplement to* F. Hamilton Davey's *Flora of Cornwall*... Truro (Oscar Blackford, ...) 1922. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Suppl. Fl. Cornwall*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Chambré C. Vigurs. – For Frederick Hamilton Davey (1868-1915) and his *Fl. Cornwall* (1909) see TL-2/1315. *Publ*.: 1922, portr. (F.H. Davey), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-172. *Copies*: G, HH, MO, USDA. – Reprinted from J. Roy. Inst. Cornwall 21. *Further suppl*.: *Notes on the Cornish flora*, J. Roy. Inst. Cornwall 22-24, 1928-1936. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 61: 90-91. Mar 1923 (rev.). ##### n.14.453. British and foreign trees and shrubs in Cornwall **Title** *British and foreign trees and shrubs in Cornwall*... Cambridge (published for the Royal Institution of Cornwall by the Cambridge University Press) 1930. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. for. trees Cornwall*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1930 (Nat. Nov. Feb 1931), p. \[i-ii\], portr. (author), \[iii\]-xi, \[1\]-287, \[288, err.\], *pl. 1-42. Copies*: B-S, NY. *Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 69: 82. Mar 1931 (rev.).