Edward Forbes
Epithet: Manx naturalist (1815-1854)
Record type: Biographies
Biography: There is a bust of him in the Manx Museum and also commemorative tablets in Douglas Public Library and St George's Church. He died at South Cottage at Wardie and is buried at Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh.
Occupation / profession: naturalist
Gender: Male
Date of birth: 12 February 1815
Place of birth: Douglas, Isle of Man
Date of death: 18 November 1854
Place of death: Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain, Europe
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Archives:
- South Cottage (where Edward Forbes died)
- Edward Forbes commemorative tablet - St. Georges Church, Douglas
- Grave (on the left) of Edward Forbes (b.1815-d.1854)
- Edward Forbes (reading a book)
- Edward Forbes
- Bust of Edward Forbes
- Edward Forbes, Naturalist (b.1815-d.1854)
- South Cottage near Edinburgh (where Edward Forbes died)
- Edward Forbes commemorative tablet
- Beginning of Edward Forbes's 'Journal in Norge', 1833
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