Theodore Cantor

Theodore Edward Cantor
Born1809
Copenhagen
Died1860 (age 58/59)
India
Occupation(s)physician
zoologist
botanist
EmployerBritish East India Company

Theodore Edward (Theodor Edvard)[clarification needed] Cantor (1809–1860) was a Danish physician, zoologist and botanist.[1] He described several new species of reptiles and amphibians, and six species have been named in his honor.

Born to a Danish Jewish family,[2] his mother was a sister of Nathaniel Wallich. Cantor worked for the British East India Company, and made natural history collections in Penang and Malacca.[3]

  1. ^ Bretschneider, E. (2011). History of European Botanical Discoveries in China. Bod Third Party Titles. p. 359. ISBN 978-3-86347-165-1. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ Natural history publications arising from Theodore Cantor’s visit to Chusan, China, in 1840, Archives of Natural History 43.1 (2016): 30–40 Edinburgh University Press, I. M. TURNER, page 36
  3. ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3. Retrieved 7 June 2019.