| Authorised form of name | Forbes; Sir; John (1787 - 1861) |
| Dates | 1787 - 1861 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Forbes, Banffshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 17 December 1787 |
| Place of death | Whitchurch, near Reading |
| Date of death | 13 November 1861 |
| Activity | Honours:
Kt 1853
Memberships:
LRCP; FCPS; Honorary Member, Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/02/1829 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1862-1863 vol 12 pp vi-xi |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/15548441 |
| Royal Society code | NA3017 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1829/05 | Forbes, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001494 | Forbes, Sir John | 1848 |
| IM/Maull/001493 | Forbes, Sir John | nd |
| AP/19/14/2 | Unpublished letter, 'Report of a committee for collecting information respecting the occurrence of and the more remarkable phenomena connected with the earthquakes lately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] Roget | 7 May 1835 |
| AP/19/14/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'Report of a committee for collecting information respecting the occurrence of and the more remarkable phenomena connected with the earthquakes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] Gruggen | 7 May 1835 |
| PT/49/2 | Paper, '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| AP/19/14 | Unpublished paper, 'Report of a committee for collecting information respecting the occurrence of and the more remarkable phenomena connected with the earthquakes lately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] Gruggen | 1835 |