Thomas E. Penard

Thomas Edward Penard (7 May 1878 – 27 October 1936) was an American engineer and ornithologist who, along with his brothers studied the birds of Surinam.

To avoid infection, Thomas and the youngest son William were sent off to the United States of America at the age of thirteen and grew up in Everett, Massachusetts.

The collections and information collation resulted finally in the publication of De Vogels van Guyana (in two volumes published 1908 and 1910).

Thomas collaborated with Outram Bangs to study the birds of Surinam and published several notes.

Unable in later life to spare enough time from engineering work, Thomas sold off his collections of birds to the Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1930.