Thomas Horsfield

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botanist entomologist naturalist ornithologist person physician zoologist

Thomas Horsfield was a 19th-century American physician and naturalist known for his influential zoological and botanical work in Southeast Asia.

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Thomas Horsfield canonical 24

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instanceOf botanist ⓘ
entomologist ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
ornithologist ⓘ
person ⓘ
physician ⓘ
zoologist ⓘ
birthDate 1773-05-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deathDate 1859-07-24 ⓘ
degree Doctor of Medicine ⓘ
educatedAt University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
employer British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
fieldOfWork botany ⓘ
entomology ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
ornithology ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
genre scientific literature ⓘ
hasEponym Horsfield's bronze cuckoo ⓘ
Horsfield's fruit bat ⓘ
Horsfield's tarsier ⓘ
Horsfieldia (plant genus) ⓘ
Horsfieldia (plant genus) ⓘ
surface form: Horsfieldia irya

Horsfieldia (plant genus) ⓘ
surface form: Horsfieldia kingii

Horsfieldia (plant genus) ⓘ
surface form: Horsfieldia superba

Horsfieldia (plant genus) ⓘ
surface form: Horsfieldia wallichii
knownFor botanical research in Southeast Asia ⓘ
studies of the fauna of Java ⓘ
studies of the flora of Java ⓘ
zoological research in Southeast Asia ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Linnean Society of London ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
name Thomas Horsfield self-link ⓘ
notableWork A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company ⓘ
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the East-India Company ⓘ
A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the East-India Company ⓘ
Zoological Researches in Java and the Neighbouring Islands ⓘ
occupation botanist ⓘ
entomologist ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
ornithologist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
zoologist ⓘ
positionHeld keeper of the East India Company Museum ⓘ
studied birds of Java ⓘ
insects of Java ⓘ
mammals of Java ⓘ
plants of Java ⓘ
reptiles of Java ⓘ
workLocation East India Company Museum ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Java ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Southeast Asia ⓘ

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Mimidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Phasianidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Thomas Horsfield → name → Thomas Horsfield self-link ⓘ
A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the East-India Company → author → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company → author → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company → createdBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the East-India Company → author → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the East-India Company → creator → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Horsfield's tarsier → namedAfter → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Horsfield's tarsier → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Horsfield's fruit bat → namedAfter → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Horsfield's fruit bat → firstDescribedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Horsfieldia (plant genus) → namedAfter → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
subject surface form: Horsfieldia
Diomedeidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Monarchidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Timaliidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Icteridae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo → namedAfter → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Meliphagidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Alcedinidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Hirundinidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Alaudidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Haematopodidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ
Cuculidae → describedBy → Thomas Horsfield ⓘ