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Theodore Cantor
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<p>Theodore Edward (Theodor Edvard) Cantor (1809–1860) was a <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Danish</a> <a href="/facts/Physician/qJ3woFvG">physician</a>, <a href="/facts/Zoologist/6Kj13mBt">zoologist</a> and <a href="/facts/Botanist/PaIRoxnb">botanist</a>. He described several new species of <a href="/facts/Reptiles/04n1uKf1">reptiles</a> and <a href="/facts/Amphibians/r2BleD2W">amphibians</a>, and six species have been named in his honor. </p><p>Born to a <a href="/facts/Danish_Jewish/e0UhmKR7">Danish Jewish</a> family, his mother was a sister of <a href="/facts/Nathaniel_Wallich/6k8ucoz0">Nathaniel Wallich</a>. Cantor worked for the <a href="/facts/British_East_India_Company/jpfw533d">British East India Company</a>, and made natural history collections in <a href="/facts/Penang/IWJa6K33">Penang</a> and <a href="/facts/Malacca/ncvoSb0j">Malacca</a>. </p>