Person

Forbes, Henry Ogg (1851 - 1932)

Born
30 January 1851
Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died
27 October 1932
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Occupation
Explorer and Natural history collector

Summary

Henry Forbes was appointed as meteorological observer in Port Moresby after a number of ill-fated expeditions in New Guinea. He was later Director of the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand 1890-1893 and consulting director on museums in Liverpool 1911-1932.

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Chronology

1890 - 1893
Career position - Director of the Canterbury Museum in New Zealand
1911 - 1932
Career position - Consulting Director to the museums in Liverpool

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See also

  • Van Steenis-Kruseman, M. J., Malaysian plant collectors and collections: being a cyclopaedia of botanical exploration in Malaysia and a guide to the concerned literature up to the year 1950 (Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff NV, 1950), clii, 639 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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