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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, Special 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, Special 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)