Forbes, Edward, (1815-1854), naturalist

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Surname:	Forbes
Forenames:	Edward
Gender:	Male
Date:	1815-1854
Biography:	ODNB link for Forbes, Edward (1815-1854) Naturalist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P155714 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P10311 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1844-54: notebooks (18 vols) and letter to James Scott Bowerbank	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS FORB	NRA 39170
2	1844-54: notebook	British Geological Survey Archives	IGS3	NRA 18675 Inst of Geol
3	1833-54: journal and papers	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll/133	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	corresp and papers	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
5	c1836: papers rel to Isle of Man	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Library		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
6	papers	American Philosophical Society Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7	letters and papers	Linnean Society of London		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
8	1747-52: letters and papers	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
9	1841-42: notes on plants in Turkey	Natural History Museum Library and Archives		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
10	1841-54: letters and papers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
11	letters and papers	Manx National Heritage Library & Archives		NRA 9189 Forbes
12	1854: notes taken on his lectures on natural history	Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh	SIA/3	NRA 16015 Coll of Physicians
13	1843-54: letters to Sir Joseph Hooker	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14	1846-54: letters (21) to Thomas Huxley	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	B/HUXLEY	NRA 8194 Huxley
15	letters to Sir William Jardine etc	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll/253	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
16	letters (26) to Sir Charles Lyell	American Philosophical Society Library		NRA 9728 American Philosophic See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
17	1853-54: letters to Lyon Playfair	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	L. Playfair	NRA 11556 Playfair
18	1844-54: letters (209) to Sir Andrew Ramsay	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	KGA/RAMSAY	NRA 29646
19	1840-1851: letters to William Thompson	Manx National Heritage Library & Archives	MS 02148A	NRA 9189 Forbes
20	c1842-59: letters to Sir Walter Trevelyan	Newcastle University: Special Collections	WCT	NRA 12238 Trevelyan
21	1836-1853: letters (33) corresp with Joshua Alder and Revd Alfred Merle Norman	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS ALD	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
22	1848-1853: letters (12) corresp with Richard Owen and William Clift	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L OC62	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)