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### Author
Forbes, Edward (1815-1854), British naturalist from the Isle of Man.
**Abbreviated name**: *E. Forbes* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.Forbes*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BM|BM]] (Isle of Man, Lycia), [[Collection K|K]] (Lycia), also at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 202.
- Kent, Brit. herbaria 54. 1957.
- Britten, J. Bot. 53: 286.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 2(2): 384; Andrews p. 34; Barnhart 1: 556; BB p. 110; BM2: 591-592; Bossert p. 129; CSP2: 655-658, 6: 658, 12: 245, 15:48; DNB 19: 388; Jackson p. 230; PR 2958; Quenstedt p. 143.
- Anon., Bot. Zeit. 12: 923-924. 29 Dec 1854.
- Hooker, Gard. Chron. 1854: 771-772.
- Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 2: 408-412. 1855; Flora 38: 80. 1855.
- G.P., Bot. Zeit. 13: 158-160. 1855.
- Balfour, Trans, bot. Soc. Edinburgh 5: 23-41. 1858.
- Wilson, G. and A. Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes. Cambridge and London 1861, x, 589 p. (portr., bibl.)
- Garner, Midland Natural. 1: 67-70, 90-94. 1878.
- Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1888/90: 36. 1891 (note on portr.)
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 92. 1903, 3(3): 78. 1905.
- Woodward, Hist. Geol. Soc. London 328. 1907.
- Britten, J. Bot. 53: 286. 1915.
- Herdman, Ann. Rep. Liverpool Mar. Biol. Comm. 29: 17-44. 1915.
- Ritchie, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh ser. B 66: 29-57. 1956 (Forbes medal p. 56, portr. and further biogr. refs.)
- Allen, J. Manx Mus. 6(81): 254-256. 1965.
- Nissen, Zool. Buchill. 147. 1969.
- Fletcher, Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 1670-1970. 113, 125. 1970.
#### Eponymy
cf. infra, sub J. Forbes.
#### Handwriting
Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh ser. B. *66*: *pl. 2.* 1956.