| 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 | |