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Oldfield Thomas
1858–1929
A pioneering British zoologist, he helped transform the study of mammals through decades of patient museum work and an astonishing number of new species descriptions. His career at London’s Natural History Museum made him one of the key figures in early mammalogy.
4 Audiobooks
The book of antelopes, vol. 3 (of 4)
by Philip Lutley Sclater, Oldfield Thomas
The book of antelopes, vol. 2 (of 4)
by Philip Lutley Sclater, Oldfield Thomas
The book of antelopes, vol. 1 (of 4)
by Philip Lutley Sclater, Oldfield Thomas
The book of antelopes, vol. 4 (of 4)
by Philip Lutley Sclater, Oldfield Thomas
About the author
Born in 1858, Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas was a British zoologist best known for his work on mammals. He spent most of his career at the Natural History Museum in London, where he became a major authority on mammal classification and description.
Thomas was extraordinarily productive, describing around 2,000 new species and subspecies. His work helped expand scientific knowledge of mammals from South America and other regions, and he is often remembered as one of the foundational figures in modern mammalogy.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and remained closely associated with the museum world throughout his life. Oldfield Thomas died in 1929, but his name is still familiar in zoology because of the scale and lasting influence of his research.