> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 310](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259814) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2812-1) LSID 2812-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1248394) QID Q1248394 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Forbes, Edward|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Forbes, Edward (1815-1854), British naturalist, botanist, artist, zoologist and paleontologist, born 12 Feb 1815 in Douglas, Isle of Man, after failing as an art student in London, he entered Edinburgh Univ. 1831 to study medicine and natural sciences, visited France, Germany and Switzerland 1835 and spent the winter of 1836-1837 studying at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, collected plants in Austria 1838, naturalist to H.M.S. *Beacon* on visit to the Greek archipelago and Asia Minor 1841-1842, prof. of botany at King's College, London 1843 (succeeding David Don), curator of the Geological Society of London 1842, F.L.S. 1843, paleontologist, Geological Survey of Great Britain 1844-1854, F.R.S. 1845, Regius prof. of natural history, Univ. of Edinburgh, from Mai 1854 until his premature death on 18 Nov 1854. **Abbreviated name**: *E. Forbes* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.Forbes*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BON|BON]], [[Collection KCS|KCS]] (now defunct), [[Collection WAR|WAR]]; Switzerland: [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]; Asia Minor: [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection E|E]]-GL, [[Collection K|K]]. – See Rehbock (1979: 205-214) for a survey of mss. materials. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(2): 384; Andrews p. 265; APN p. 205; Baillon 2: 630; Barnhart 1: 556; BB p. 110; BM 2: 591-592, 6: 333; BN p. 173; Bossert p. 129; CSP 2: 655-658, 6: 658, 12: 245, 15: 48; Desmond p. 227-228, ed. 2: 253; DNB 7: 388-392, 19: 388-392, 20: 273-275; DSB 5: 66-69; Ewan Pap. p. 70; IH 2: 202; Jackson p. 230; Kent p. 54, ed. 2: 141; Kew 2: 306; Kew List 23; Kleppa p. 321 (index); Portr. 3: 438; PR ed. 2: 2958; Quenstedt p. 143; Rehder 5(index): 288; Saccardo 2: 49; Sarjeant p. 1018-1019, Suppl. 1: 420-421; TL-2/1: 852, 2/5: 1030 (index); Tucker 1: 254. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 12: 923-924. 1854; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 2: 408-412. 1855; Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 19: 290-294. 1855; Proc. Roy. Soc. London 7: 263-270. 1854-1855; Flora 38: 80. 1855; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1888/90: 36. 1891 (note on portr.); Edward Forbes' Centenary Commemoration, February 13th, 1915, London (London Manx Society): p. 1-45. 1915. (portr.) - Allen, D.E., 1965. Manx Mus. 6(81): 254-256. - Balfour, J.H., 1855. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 15: 35-52. \[Reprint repaginated, p. 1-19\] - Balfour, J.H., 1856. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 5: 23-41. - B\[ennett\]., J.H., 1855. Monthly J. Medicine, Edinburgh no. 169, 1(n.s.), Part IV: 75-92. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 401. (index) - Britten, J., 1915. J. Bot. 53: 286. - Browne, E.J., 1981. Arch. Nat. Hist. 10: 205-219. - Candolle, A.L., 1880. Phytographie: 412. - Cubbon, W., 1915. Biogr. sketch of Prof. Edward Forbes. p. 123-129. (n.v.) - Desmond, A., 1994. Huxley: the devil's disciple, London (Michael Joseph): xvii, 475 p. (portr. Forbes) - Desmond, A. & J. Moore, 1991. Darwin, London (Michael Joseph): 786. (index) (portr. fig. 49) - Fletcher, H.R., 1970. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 1670-1970. 113, 125. - Franks, J.W., 1973. Manchester Mus. Publ., new ser., no. NS.1.73: 3, 14. - Gardiner, B.G., 1993. Arch. Nat. Hist. 20: 349-372. (portr.) - Garner, R., 1878. Midland Natural. 1: 67-70, 90-94. - Gibson, J.A. & E.C. Nelson, 2001. Cumulative index Archives Nat. Hist.: 58. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond (eds.), 1970. Index collectors Edinburgh Herb.: 80. - Herdman, W.A., 1915. Ann. Rep. Liverpool Mar. Biol. Comm. 29: 17-44. - Hooker, J.D., 1854. Gard. Chron. 1854: 771-772. - Mills, E.L., 1978. Arch. Nat. Hist. 8: 507-536. (portr.) - Mills, E.L., 1984. Arch. Nat. Hist. 11: 365-393. (portr.) - Moore, A.W., 1911. Manx Worthies... p. 123-129. - Nelson, E.C., 1980. Glasra 4: 47. (specimens at DBN) (as "Forbes, E.... Norway") - Nissen, C., 1969. Zool. Buchillus.: 147. - P., G., 1855. Bot. Zeitung Berlin 13: 158-160. - Pingree, J., 1976. J. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist. 7: 371-374. (Imperial College archives) - Preece, R.C. & I.J. Killeen, 1995. Arch. Nat. Hist. 22: 419-435. (portr.) - Reeve, L. (ed.), 1855. Literary papers of the late Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S.... London (Lowell Reeve): xvi, 300 p. (biogr. sketch, portr.) - Rehbock, P.F., 1979. J. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist. 9: 171-218. (bibl.) - Rice, A.L., 1994 \[1995\]. Ocean Challenge 5(2): 42-45. (portr.) (n.v.) - Ritchie, J., 1956. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, ser. B, 66: 29-58. (Forbes medal p. 56, portr. and further biogr. refs.) - Wilson, G. (†) & A. Geikie, 1861. Memoir of Edward Forbes, F.R.S. Cambridge and London: xi, 589 p. (bibl., portr.) - Wittrock, V.B., 1903. Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 92; 1905. Id. 3(3): 78. - Woodward, H.B., 1907. Hist. Geol. Soc. London: 328. #### Composite works - (1) Co-author with T. Spratt, *Trav. Lycia*... 1847, see TL-2/5, nr. 12.664; see also Rehbock (1979, nr. 4). - (2) "Zoology and botany" (p. 80-92) *in* R.G. Latham & E. Forbes, *The Natural History Department of the Crystal Palace described*... 1854 \[=Part 3. The Palace and park...\]; see Rehbock (1979, nr. 8). ### Publications ##### n.35.052. inaugural lecture **Title** An *inaugural lecture* on *botany*, considered *as* a *science*, and as a branch of medical education... London (John Van Voorst) 1843. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1843 (read 8 Mai 1843), p. \[1\]-23. *Copies*: BM, HH (photocopy), K. *Ref*.: Anon., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(175): 120-123. 1843 (rev.). ##### n.35.053. connexion **Title** On the *connexion* between the *distribution* of the existing *fauna* and *flora* of the *British Isles*, and the geological changes which have affected their area, especially during the epoch of the northern drift... \[London (Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans) 1846\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1846, p. \[1\]-98, 2 maps (col.). *Copies*: G, NY (n.v.). – Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. Geol. Survey U.K. 1: 336-432, 2 maps. 1846. *Transl*. \[?\]: Jahrbuch der geologischen Reichsanstalt, Vienna 9: 575-661. 1858. *Note*: Rehbock (1979, nr. 78). *Ref*.: Horner, L., Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London 3: lv-lxviii. 1847 (rev.).