Authorised form of name | Forster; George (1754 - 1794) |
Other forms of name | Johann Georg Adam |
Georg |
Dates | 1754 - 1794 |
Place of birth | His father's parish of Nassenhuben, near Danzig [Gdansk, Poland] |
Date of birth | 27 November 1754 |
Place of death | Paris, France |
Date of death | 10 January 1794 |
Research field | Natural philosophy |
Geography |
Activity | Education: MD (Wilna) Career: Professor of Natural History, Cassel (1779); Professor of Natural history, Wilna, Lithuania (1784); became friends with Humboldt (FRS 1815) at Gottingen
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 09/01/1777 |
Relationships | Son of Johann Reinhold Forster FRS (1722) |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Notes: Index to BR enters him as George, by which name, according to DNB, he was commonly known. In R, however, he is entered as 'Georg Forster'. |
Code | NA6566 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/001499 | Forster, George | 2001 |
MS/391/178 | Bond of George Forster to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 29 January 1777 |
EC/1776/22 | Forster, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |