Sven Thorell (1888-1974), Swedish boat constructor, winner of Olympic Gold Medal in sailing in Amsterdam 1928
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The Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft bought his extensive collection (including type material from other arachnologists such as L. Koch, Eugène Simon, Thorell, Philipp Bertkau and Friedrich Dahl) and his private library.
Epocilla innotata, Thorell, 1895, a spider species in the genus Epocilla found in Myanmar
The species was originally described by Thorell from a single male specimen from Penang.