> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 329](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259833) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2838-1) LSID 2838-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116027) QID Q116027 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Major, Charles Immanuel Forsyth (Forsyth Major)|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Forsyth-Major \[Major\], Charles Immanuel (1843-1923), Swiss-born British botanist, paleontologist and physician of Scottish descent, born 15 Aug 1843 in Basel, educated in Basel, Göttingen and Zurich universities, M.D. 1868 Basel, practiced medicine in Florence, but also studied fossil mammals, collected fossil vertebrates for the Italian government 1877, abandoned his medical practice 1886 to devote himself solely to scientific research, from 1886-1889 collected in Greece and collaborated with W. Barbey and others in publishing on the geology, paleontology and botany of the Ionian Isls., moved to London 1893, collected plants, animals and fossils in Madagascar 1894-1896 for the BMNH, F.R.S. 1908, retired to Corisca 1908, died 25 Mar 1923 in Kaufbeuren (Bavaria). **Abbreviated name**: *Fors.-Major* \[standard form in IPNI: *Fors.-Major*\] #### Note In TL-2/3: 260-261, Forsyth Major was treated as Major (q.v.), but he signed his papers as "C.I. Forsyth-Major". #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BAS|BAS]], [[Collection BM|BM]] (Madagascar), [[Collection K|K]] (Corsica); further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection G|G]]-DC, [[Collection H|H]]-BR, [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LL|LL]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection TO|TO]], [[Collection US|US]]. Some bryoph. collections were distributed by E. Levier in his *Bryotheca E. Levier.* – Some archival material at [[Collection BMNH|BMNH]] and Univ. of Hull, Hull, England. #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 206 (as "Forsyth-Major"); Barnhart 1: 560, 2: 438 (as "Major"); BB p. 204 (as "Major"); BJI 1: 19; BM 3: 1224, 7: 784; Briquet p. 23-30 (sub Barbey); Colmeiro penins. 12: 477-478; CSP 8: 310, 10: 695, 16: 1015-1016 (all as "Major"); Desmond p. 232 (416), ed. 2: 257; GR p. 640; Hist. Coll. BMNH p. 149; IH 2: 204; Kelly p. 84; Kew 2: 312, 3: 568; Kew List 24, 44; LS 8965-8967, 25.714a; PFC 1: xlviii; PH p. 450; Portr. 3: 440; Quenstedt p. 145; Rehder 5(index): 539 (as "Major, Charles Immanuel Forsyth"); Saccardo 1: 75, 2: 50; TL-2/3: 260-261 (as "Major"), indices 2/5, Suppl. 1 (as "Major"); Sarjeant p. 1028; Tucker 1: 456 (as "Major"); Urban-Berl. p. 268, 299, 346. #### Biofile - Anon., Antananarivo Annual Madagascar Mag. 20: 494-495. 1896; Geol. Mag. 60(6): 286. 1923; J. Bot. 61: 158 (d. "London"). 1923; Rev. de la Corse 21: xxi, 25, 156. 1923. (n.v.) - A\[ndrews\]., C.W., 1924. Proc. Royal Soc. London, Sect. B, 95: liv-lv. (obit., portr.) (b. "Glasgow", d. "Munich") - A.S.W., 1923. Nature 111: 505. - Baker, J., 1897. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 243, 299-300. - Christ, H., 1903. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3(1): 31-33. (Madagascar ferns) - Christensen, C., 1932. Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: xi. (Madagascar ferns) - Cuccuini, P. & C. Nepi, 1999. Herb. centrale Ital. (phanerogamic sect.): 117, 257. (fig. 156) (handwr.) - Dixon, H.N., 1942. Madagascar mosses. J. Bot. 80: 41-50. - Dorr, L.J., 1997. Pl. collectors Madagascar Comoro Isls.: 159-160. (portr.) - Forsyth-Major, C.I., 1885. Bot. Centralbl. 21: 188. (adv. Plantae italicae selectae, cent. 1) - Forsyth-Major, C.I., 1896. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1896: 971-981. (Madagascar zool. exped.) - Forsyth-Major, C.I., 1897. Antananarivo Annual Madagascar Mag. 21: 6-17. - Grandidier, G., 1905. Bibl. de Madagascar, Première Partie: 134-135 (as "Forsyth Major"), 807 (as "Major"); Id. 1935. 1904-1933: 936 (as "Forsyth Major"), 1077. (as "Major") - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond (eds.), 1970. Index collectors Edinburgh Herb.: 81, 107. - Humbert, H. & J. Leandri, 1984. Bull. Trimestriel Acad. Malgache, Numéro Spécial Cinquantenaire: \[33\]. - Jenkins, P.D. & M.D. Carleton, 2005. J. Nat. Hist. 39(20): 1779-1818. (Madagascar itin., portr.) (as "Major") - Sayre, G., 1975. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 321. - Southwell-Colucci, E., 2000. Sir Ch. Forsyth Major, un grand savant anglais ami de la Corse, Borgo (Impr. Mediterranea): 69 p. \[English transl. by S. Soddu of: Un insigne scienziano inglese amico della Corsia\] (n.v.) - Stehlin, H.G., 1925. Verhandl. Naturforsch. Gesellsch. Basel 36: 1-23 (portr.). (as "C.J. Forsyth Major") - Vainio, E.A., 1898. Hedwigia 37: 33-36. \[Lich. collected by Forsyth-Major in Madagascar\] - Viette, P., 1981. *In*, Ph. Oberlé, Madagascar sanctuaire nature: 103. #### Eponymy *Forsythia* Vahl (1804), nom. cons. and *Forsythia* T. Walter (1788), nom. rej., both commemorate William Forsyth (1737-1804). No etymology was given for *Forsythiopsis* Baker (1883), but it presumably honors Forsyth-Major. #### Composite works - (1) Contributed 2 of the 6 parts to W. Barbey, *Lydie, Lycie, Carie*... 1890 (see TL-2/Suppl. 1, nr. 20.181), which is to be corrected as follows: *Pt. V*: Carie. Le Mykali... by C.I. Forsyth Major \[sic\]... p. \[70\]-76. *Pt*. \[*VI*\]: Énumeration des espèces recueillies au Mykali d'Asie Mineure les 24 et 25 juin 1886... by C.J. \[sic\] Forsyth-Major... p. \[77\]-82, *pl. 5* (uncol. lith. with letterpress). - (2) First author with W. Barbey, *Mykali. Premier supplément.* Bull. Herb. Boissier 1(2): \[66\]. Feb 1893. ### Publications ##### n.35.090. Amoi **Title** *Amoi*. Étude botanique... Extrait du Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier... 1895. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Barbey, William (1842-1914), see TL-2/1: 118-119, Suppl. 1: 317-321, indices 2/7, Suppl. 3 and IH 2: 54. *Publ*.: Jan 1895 (in journal), p. \[1, unnumb.\]. *Copies*: B, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(1): 30. 1895. ##### n.35.091. Ikaria **Title** *Ikaria*. Étude botanique... Extrait du Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier... 1897. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Barbey, William (1842-1914), see TL-2/1: 118-119, Suppl. 1: 317-321, indices 2/7, Suppl. 3 and IH 2: 54. *Publ*.: Apr 1897 (in journal), p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier 5(4): 279-284. 1897. ##### n.35.092. Sertum cerigense **Title** *Sertum cerigense*. Étude botanique... Extrait du Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier... 1897. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Barbey, William (1842-1914), see TL-2/1: 118-119, Suppl. 1: 317-321, indices 2/7, Suppl. 3 and IH 2: 54. *Publ*.: Mai 1897 (in journal), p. \[1\]-3. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier 5(5): 398-400. 1897.