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Authorised form of nameForbes; Sir; John (1787 - 1861)
Dates1787 - 1861
NationalityBritish
Place of birthForbes, Banffshire, Scotland
Date of birth18 October 1787
Place of deathWhitchurch, near Reading
Date of death18 October 1787
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1853
Memberships:
LRCP; FCPS; Honorary Member, Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/02/1829
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1862-1863 vol 12 pp vi-xi
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/15548441
CodeNA3017
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1829/05Forbes, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001494Forbes, Sir John1848
IM/Maull/001493Forbes, Sir Johnnd
AP/19/14/2Unpublished letter, 'Report of a committee for collecting information respecting the occurrence of and the more remarkable phenomena connected with the earthquakes lately felt in the neighbourhood of Chichester' from John Forbes to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget7 May 1835
AP/19/14/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Report of a committee for collecting information respecting the occurrence of and the more remarkable phenomena connected with the earthquakes lately felt in the neighbourhood of Chichester' by J P [John Price] Gruggen7 May 1835
PT/49/2Paper, 'Researches on the impregnation of the ovum in the amphibia; and on the early stages of development of the embryo (third series) by George Newport[1854]
AP/19/14Unpublished paper, 'Report of a committee for collecting information respecting the occurrence of and the more remarkable phenomena connected with the earthquakes lately felt in the neighbourhood of Chichester' by J P [John Price] Gruggen1835
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