Researching Thomas Eisner
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7 people with the Eisner surname? In that year Eisner was ranked number 3572 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Eisner on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Eisner and the Eisner Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Eisner surname in the USA? Eisner is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner (June 25, 1929 – March 25, 2011) was a German-American entomologist and ecologist, known as the "father of chemical ecology." He was a Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University, and Director of the Cornell Institute for Research in Chemical Ecology (CIRCE). He was a world authority on animal behavior, ecology, and evolution, and, together with his Cornell colleague Jerrold Meinwald, was one of the pioneers of chemical ecology, the discipline dealing with the chemical interactions of organisms. He was author or co-author of some 400 scientific articles and seven books.
Source: Thomas Eisner, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Eisner
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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