> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 312](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259816) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2816-1) LSID 2816-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349901) QID Q1349901 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Forbes, Henry Ogg (1851-1932), Scottish traveler, plant collector and naturalist, born 30 Jan 1851 in Drumblade (Aberdeenshire), educated at Aberdeen grammar school and at Aberdeen and Edinburgh universities where he studied medicine, the accidental loss of an eye made him turn to exploration, traveled in Portugal 1875-1877 and the Far East 1878-1886, deputy commissioner, British New Guinea 1886-1887, dir., Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand 1890-1893, dir., Liverpool Museums 1894-1911 (consulting dir. 1911-1932), visited Socotra 1898-1899 and the Peruvian guano islands 1911-1913, hon. LL.D. Univ. of Aberdeen, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., died 27 Oct 1932 in Selsey (Sussex). **Abbreviated name**: *H.O. Forbes* \[standard form in IPNI: *H.O.Forbes*\] #### Herbarium and types Indonesia: [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]] (orig.), [[Collection BO|BO]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]]-DC, [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]] (timber samples), [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection SING|SING]], [[Collection WU|WU]]. – Orig. drawings of Sumatran and Javan plants in [[Collection BMNH|BMNH]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB(2) 4: 195-196; APN p. 205; Backer p. 219, 650; Barnhart 1: 556; Biol.-Dokum. 6: 70.323; BJI 1: 19; BL 1: 95, 117, 296; BM 2: 592, 6: 333; CSP 7: 688, 9: 896-897, 15: 49-50; Desmond p. 228, ed. 2: 253; Ewan Pap. p. 71; Hist. Coll. BMNH p. 149; IF p. 697; IF suppl. 4: 354; IH 2: 202, 616; Kew 2: 306; Kew List 23; Moebius p. 360; Rehder 5(index): 288; SK 1: 169-170, xxiv, xxxi, cxxiii, 603, 4(2): cxlv, cxlvii, cli, 5: cclxxvii, 8: xxxiv-xxxv (portr.); TL-2/1, 2/4, Suppl. 1 (indices); Tucker 1: 254; Urban-Berl. p. 346, 443. #### Biofile - Ardagh, J., 1933. J. Bot. 71: 74-75. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: p. 401. (index) - Carruthers, W., s.d., \[Printed testimonial re. candidacy as Curator of the Raffles Museum\]: 1 p. \[unnumb.\]. \[Additional single page printed testimonials by: H.A. Nicholson, T.J. Parker, E. Bowdler Sharpe, and H. Woodward\] - Cufodontis, G., 1962. *In*, A. Fernandes, Compt. Rend. Réun. Plén. Assoc. pour Étude Taxon. Fl. Afrique Trop. 4: 238, 242. - Dörfler, I., 1896. Botaniker-Adressbuch: 81; 1902. Id., ed. 2: 106; 1909. Id., ed. 3: 156. - \[Engelmann, W.\], 1891. Botanisches Adressbuch: 153. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond (eds.), 1970. Index collectors Edinburgh Herb.: 80. - Hertel, H. & A. Schreiber, 1988. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 26: 212. - \[Lankester, E.R.\], 1904. History colls. natural hist. depts. British Museum 1: 36, 289. - Sachet, M.-H. & F.R. Fosberg, 1955. Island bibl.: 192; 1971. Id., Suppl.: 128. (bibl.) - Short, P.S. (ed.), 1990. Hist. systematic bot. Australasia: 321. (index) - Steinberg, C., 1977. Webbia 32: 25. (specimens at FI) - \[Veldkamp, J.F.\], 2007. Fl. Males. Bull. 14(1-2): 22. - Wickens, G.E., 1982. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40(2): 313. - Willis, J.H. et al., 1986. Res. Notes W. Austral. Herb. 12: 36. - W.L.S., 1933. Geogr. J. (London) 81: 93-94. - W.L.S., 1933. Ibis, ser. 13, 3: 135-136. - Wynne, O.E., 1969. Biogr. key-names birds of the world: 70. #### Eponymy *Forbesina* Ridley (1925); *Forbesia* Eckl. ex Nel (1914) is dedicated to John Forbes (1798-1823), English botanical collector. #### Composite works Co-editor with William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863-1924), *The Natural history of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri*... Liverpool (The Free Public Museums, Henry Young and Sons) 1903, which includes botanical contributions by Prof. I.B. Balfour (see TL-2/1: 111-112 and Suppl. 1: 298-301), O.V. Darbishire (see TL-2/1: 597-598 and Suppl. 5: 63-69) and E.M. Holmes (see TL-2/2: 260-261). ### Publications ##### n.35.055. naturalist's wanderings **Title** A *naturalist's wanderings* in the *Eastern Archipelago*, a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883... London (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington) 1885. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Naturalist's wanderings E. Archipel.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1885 (pref. p. vii signed 20 Jan 1885), frontisp. (col.), p. \[i-iii\], \[v\]-xix, \[xx\], \[1\]-536, *21 pl*. (unnumb., uncol. lith.), 6 maps (part. fold.). *Copies*: BM, G, HH, K (n.v.), L, LC (n.v.), MO, NY (n.v.), U, US. *Note*: Appendices by different authors, incl. William Fawcett (1851-1926) (see above), who contributed Apetalae (p. 515-518) to the "Prodomus \[sic\] floræ timorensis" (p. 497-523). *Ref*.: Rijckevorsel, E. van, Nieuwe Amsterdamse Courant \[13 p.\]. Jun-Jul 1885 (rev.?). (n.v.) - *Reprint*: 1989,... Singapore/New York (Oxford University Press), viii, xix, 536 p., \[25\] *pl*. (some fold.). *Copies*: HH-Widener (n.v.), LC (n.v.). – In series, Oxford in Asia hardback reprints. - *Second* \[*British*\] *ed*.: 1885, only a new t.p. *Copy*: (n.v.). - *American ed*.: 1885,... New York (Harper & Brothers), frontisp. (col.), p. \[i-iii\], \[v\]-xix, \[xx, list of maps\], \[1\]-536, \[1\]-4 \[=advert.\], *21 pl*. (unnumb., uncol., some fold.), 6 maps (part. fold.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO (n.v.), NY (n.v.), US. *Microfilm*: Ithaca, New York (Photo Services of Cornell Univ.), 1980, 1 reel (16 mm, neg.). *Copy*: Cornell Univ. (n.v.). *Microfiche*: New Canaan, Conn. (Readex Microprint), \[1988\], 13 microfiches, (Landmarks II. Monographs). *Copy*: (n.v.). *Electronic version*: Ithaca, New York (Cornell Univ. Library), in series, Southeast Asia Visions: a collection of historic travel narratives. - *Ref*.: Anon., Amer. Naturalist 19(10): 975-977, *pl. 34-36.* Oct 1885 (rev., "inferior in general scientific interest and literary execution to Wallace's Malay Archipelago..."). - *German transl*.: 1886, *Wanderungen* eines *Naturforschers* im *malayischen Archipel* von 1878 bis 1883,... Aus dem Englischen von Reinhold Teuscher... Jena (Hermann Costenoble) 1886. Oct. - *Bd. 1*: 1886, p. \[iii\]-xv, \[1\]-300, 3 maps, *13 pl*. (12 uncol. lith., 1 col. pl.). *Copies*: L, WU. - *Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 24(45): 2-6 Nov 1885 (announcement of Bd. 1!). - *Bd. 2*: 1886, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-254, 1 map, *10 pl*. (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: L, WU. - *Ref*.: J., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 36: 100-101. 1 Mar 1886 (rev. Bd. 1). Id. 243-244. 1 Jul 1886 (rev. - Bd. 2). - Koehne, B.A.E., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 44: 645-647. 17 Sep 1886 (rev.). - Roth, E., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8(Lit.): 9-11. 2 Nov 1886 (rev.). - Freyn, J.F., Bot. Centralbl. 31(31): 145. Aug 1887 (rev.). ##### n.35.056. contrivances **Title** On the *contrivances* for ensuring *self-fertilization* in some *tropical orchids*... Journal of the Linnean Society of London... 1885. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Aug 1885 (in journal, read 18 Dec 1884), p. 538-550, *2 pl*. *Copy*: UC-Santa Barbara (n.v.). – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21(138): 538-550, *2 pl*. 1885. *Note*: Communicated by Ridley, H.N. (1855-1956), see TL-2/4: 786-788.