Thomas Horsfield
American naturalist and physician (1773–1859) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the English Nonconformist minister, topographer, and historian, see Thomas Walker Horsfield.
Not to be confused with John Horsefield.
Thomas Horsfield (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859) was an American physician and naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species of plants and animals from the region. He was later a curator of the East India Company Museum in London.[1][2]