1815–1854 British naturalist, pioneer in marine ecology and biogeography of European seas.
Keywords: oceanography; ecology; Darwin; Mollusca; HMS Challenger
Forbes, Edward
Philip F Rehbock, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002518
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Figure 1. Edward Forbes (1743–1805). Courtesy of Ipswich Museum.
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| Further Reading | |
| Forbes E (1846) On the connexion between the distribution of the existing flora and fauna of the British Isles, and the geological changes which have affected their area, especially during the epoch of the Northern Drift. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales 1: 336–432. | |
| book Forbes E and Hanley S (1848–1853) A History of British Mollusca and their Shells, 4 vols. London: John Van Voorst. | |
| book Forbes E and Godwin-Austen R (1859) The Natural History of the European Seas. London: John Van Voorst. | |
| book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| Merriman D (1965) Edward Forbes – Manxman. Progress in Oceanography 3: 191–206. | |
| Mills EL (1984) A view of Edward Forbes, naturalist. Archives of Natural History 11: 365–393. | |
| Rehbock PF (1979) Edward Forbes (1815–1854): An annotated list of published and unpublished writings. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 9: 171–218. | |
| Rehbock PF (1979) The early dredgers: ‘Naturalizing’ in British seas, 1830–1850. Journal of the History of Biology 12: 293–368. | |
| book Rehbock PF (1983) The Philosophical Naturalists: Themes in Early Nineteenth Century British Biology. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. | |
| book Wilson G and Geikie A (1861) Memoir of Edward Forbes, F.R.S. Cambridge: Macmillan. | |
