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| 1815 |
Born February 12th at Douglas, Isle of Man. School – Athole House Academy.
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| 1831 |
Sent to London to train as artist but after 4 months went to Edinburgh University to study medicine. (Natural History under Jameson).
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| 1834 |
Voyage to Norway.
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| 1835 |
Toured France, Switzerland and Germany.
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| 1836 |
Finally abandoned medicine for Natural History, without taking degree.
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| 1838 |
Published “Malacologic Monensis” (Catalogue of Manx mollusca). Paper to British Association “On distribution of Terrestrial Pulmonifera in Europe”.
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| 1839 |
Admitted to Wernerian Society. Read memoir on Starfishes of the Irish Sea. (Memoir Wernerian Society VIII).
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| 1840 |
Papers to British Association “Pleistocene tract in the Isle of Man” etc.
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| 1841 |
Mediterranean voyage with Captain Graves.
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| 1842 |
Red Sea Expedition – abandoned for Chair of Botany at King’s College
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| 1843 |
Elected Curator of Geological Society. Paper to Linnaean Society on Ofhiuridae of Aegean Sea.
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| 1844 |
Government grant of £500 to assist publication of Aegean researches. Offered Fullerian Professorship.
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| 1844 |
Joined Geological Survey.
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Resigned Geological Society Curatorship.
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Worked with De la Beche, Ramsay and Warington-Smyth in Breconshire.
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Elected F.G.S. Lectured at Royal Institute, continued lecturing at King’s.
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| 1845 |
Dredging in Shetland. Joined De la Beche in Wexford. Illness.
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| 1846 |
Resumed lectures. Dredging between Southampton and Land’s End. Survey work in Wales – Bala. Published “Travels in Lycia”.
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| 1847 |
Work in Ireland, London, Wales, etc.
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| 1848 |
Arranging of exhibits in new Jermyn Street Museum. Papers to British Association.
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| 1850 |
Lectures, new Museum work, etc. Cruise among Western Isles.
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| 1844 |
Visited Isle of Wight with Lyell, Ramsay and Bristow. Museum opened May 12th. School of Mines opened November.
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Forbes became Lecturer in Natural History (retained professorship at King’s).
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Visited Paris and Isle of Man.
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Survey duty in Ireland. 3rd volume of British Mollusca completed.
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| 1853 |
Visited the Auvergne district.
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| 1854 |
Natural History Professor at Edinburgh in succession to Jameson. Resigned Geological Survey; King’s and President of Geological Society. Left London in May but returned in August to finish off survey work. In September President of Geological Section of B
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| 1854 |
Died in December.
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Biographies and obituaries
Hamilton, W.J. Obituary - Edward Forbes. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 11 p.xxvii-xxxvi. 1855
Publications
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List of works in Appendix to Memoir:
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| 1849 |
List of works in Appendix to Memoir: Memoirs Dec. No. 1 Echinoderms (1849)
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| 1849 |
List of works in Appendix to Memoir: No. 2 Trilobites (1849) with J.W. Salter.
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| 1856 |
List of works in Appendix to Memoir: No. 3 Echinodermata (1856)
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| 1852 |
List of works in Appendix to Memoir: No. 4 Echinodermata (1852)
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| 1856 |
List of works in Appendix to Memoir: No. 5. Echinodermata (1856) with S.P. Woodward and J.W. Salter.
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Essays in volumes I and II part 2.
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| 1856 |
Isle of Wight, Tertiary, Fluvio-Marine Formation of. (1856).
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Memoir. G. Wilson and A. Geikie.
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BGS archives
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Description
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| GSM/DC/A/C/3/243 |
E. Forbes: Letter to J. Goadby. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/4/242 |
E Forbes: Annual Report. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/4/245 |
E Forbes: Report of Palaontology Dept. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/4/291 |
E Forbes: Annual Report. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/4/291 |
E Forbes: Memorandum on the progress. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/4/343 |
E Forbes: Annual Report. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/4/343 |
E Forbes: Report of Palaeontology Dept. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/5/64, 280 |
E Forbes: Letters mentioning Forbes. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/6/4 |
E Forbes: Annual Report. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/6/4 |
E Forbes: Report of Palaeontology Dept. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/6/108 |
E Forbes: Annual Report. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/6/108 |
E Forbes: Report of Palaeontology Dept. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/6/136,159 |
E Forbes: Letter from H T De la Beche about a replacement for Forbes. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/6/192 |
E Forbes: Memorial subscription. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/6/192 |
R I Murchison: Letters. Staff. Memorial to Forbes. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/11/64-67 |
H T De la Beche: Letters: Ireland. Forbes' work. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/11/65 |
E Forbes: Letter on work in Ireland. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/11/65-67 |
E Forbes: Letters to H T De la Beche about the classification of specimens. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/11/78 |
E Forbes: Letter regarding the collection of fossils. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/12/173 |
E Forbes: Letter regarding his resignation |
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| GSM/DR/St/A/7 |
Edward Forbes Centenerary - London Manx Society, proposed visit to Museum of Practical Geology |
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| GSM/GL/Fb |
E.Forbes |
Professor of Botany in London prior to joining the Survey staff in 1844. He remained until 1853...
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| GSM/GL/Fb/1 |
Report of inaugural lecture, obituary and printed leaflet about the Forbes Memorial |
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| GSM/MG/P/4/73 |
Letter to F.W. Rudler about the bust of E. Forbes. |
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