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Thomas C. Jerdon

British zoologist, botanist and physician

Died when: 60 years 244 days (728 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Thomas C. Jerdon

Thomas Caverhill Jerdon (12 October 1811 – 12 June 1872) was a British physician, zoologist and botanist. He was a pioneering ornithologist who described numerous species of birds in India.

Several species of plants (including the genus Jerdonia) and birds including Jerdon's baza, Jerdon's leafbird, Jerdon's bushlark, Jerdon's nightjar, Jerdon's courser, Jerdon's babbler and Jerdon's bush chat are named after him.

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