| Authorised form of name | Forbes; Edward (1815 - 1854); naturalist |
| Dates | 1815 - 1854 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Date of birth | 12 February 1815 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |
| Date of death | 18 November 1854 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
The Dean cemetery, Edinburgh |
| Research field | Biogeography |
| Invertebrate zoology |
| Invertebrate palaeontology |
| Activity | Career:
Professor of Botany, King's College, London; Palaeontologist, Ordnance Geological Survey
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/02/1845 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
C F A Pantin, 'Alfred Russel Wallace, FRS, and His Essays of 1858 and 1855' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 67-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/9909279 |
| Royal Society code | NA7641 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1845/05 | Forbes, Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001489 | Forbes, Edward | 1850 |
| RR/2/113 | Referee's report by Edward Forbes, on a paper 'On the morphology of the cephalous mollusca, as illustrated by the anatomy of certain heteropoda and pteropoda collected during the voyage of H. M. S. "Rattlesnake" in 1846-50' by Thomas Henry Huxley | 27 July 1852 |
| MS/426/327 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to E [Edward] Forbes, Esq | 10 May 1848 |
| MS/426/138 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof E [Edward] Forbes | 16 June 1845 |
| RR/2/112 | Referee's report by Edward Forbes and Thomas Bell, on a paper 'Observations upon the anatomy and physiology of Salpa and Pyrosoma' by Thomas Henry Huxley | 22 August 1851 |
| RR/1/99 | Referee's report by Edward Forbes, on a paper 'Researches to determine the number of species and the mode of development of the British Triton' by Higgenbottom | 1 July 1847 |
| RR/2/84 | Referee's report by Edward Forbes, on a paper 'On the anatomy of Doris' by Albany Hancock and Dennis Embleton | 21 March 1852 |
| PT/44/4 | Paper, 'On the anatomy of the stem of Victoria regia' by Arthur Henfrey | [1852] |
| PT/42/11 | Paper, 'Observations upon the anatomy and physiology of salpa and pyrosoma' by Thomas Henry Huxley | [1851] |
| PT/47/4 | Paper, 'The anatomy and physiology of cordylophora, a contribution to our knowledge of the tubularian zoophytes' by Geo [George] Jas [James] Allman | [1853] |
| MC/5/33 | Letter from James Wilson, Acting Secretary of the Royal Society Edinburgh, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 17 March 1852 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| PT/44/1 | Paper, 'On the anatomy of Doris' by Albany Hancock and Dennis Embleton | [1851] |
| AP/36/12 | Unpublished paper, 'Note on an indication of depth of primeval seas, afforded by the remains of colour in fossil Testacea' by Edward Forbes | 1854 |
| RR/2/144 | Referee's report by Edward Forbes, on two papers 'On the Pelorosaurus; an undescribed gigantic terrestrial reptile whose remains are associated with those of the Iguanodon and other saurians in the strata of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex' and 'Supplementary observations on the structure of the Belemnite and Belemnoteuthis' by Gideon Algernon Mantell | 21 May 1850 |
| RR/1/161 | Referee's report by Charles Lyell and Edward Forbes, on a paper 'Observations on some belemnites and other fossil remains of Cephalopoda, discovered by Mr. Reginald Neville Mantell, C. E. in the Oxford clay near Trowbridge, in Wiltshire' by Gideon Algernon Mantell | July 1848 |