Thomas Mauksch (20 December 1749 – 10 February 1832) was a Carpathian German naturalist, botanist, Lutheran pastor, and wine merchant.
He was the son of Tobias Mauksch, butcher in Késmárk in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Kežmarok, Slovakia), and his wife Anna-Maria born Toportzer.
He persuaded another friend, Count István Csáky to erect several guesthouses at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, thereby starting the settlement which became Altschmecks (today Starý Smokovec in Slovakia).
He also acted as a host and guide to visiting botanists, among them Robert Townson,[1] Pál Kitaibel and Göran Wahlenberg.
The genus Maukschia Cyperaceae was named for him by János Heuffel Many of these were lost, are known from secondary sources or exist only as manuscripts.