Edward Forbes

He was employed by King's College London, University of Edinburgh, Geological Society of London, British Geological Survey and Royal School of Mines. Recorded positions include President of the Geological Society of London and Regius Professor of Natural History. He belonged to Royal Society, Geological Society of London and Academy of Sciences of Turin.

17 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1843 to 2000.

A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. Catalogue of the mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring Sea. An inaugural lecture on botany, considered as a science, and as a branch of medical education. Monograph of the Echinodermata of the British tertiaries. A history of British Mollusca and their shells. Literary papers by the late Professor Edward Forbes. A history of British starfishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata. Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ : with figures of all the species. The natural history of the European seas. By the late Prof. Edw. Forbes.. Edward Forbes. Photograph., held by Wellcome Collection. Edward Forbes (1815-1854), dated 1843-1854, held by Wellcome Collection. Edward Forbes. Lithograph after A. Claudet., held by Wellcome Collection. Edward Forbes. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849., dated 1849, held by Wellcome Collection. Edward Forbes. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1850., dated 1850, held by Wellcome Collection. Forbes, Edward, dated c1880s, held by Wellcome Collection. Reminiscences of Pontecorvo submitted by Edward Forbes, dated Jun 2000, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 106 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Forbes, Edward (1815–1854), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Literary papers by the late Professor Edward Forbes, 1855. Forbes, Edward (1815–1854), natural historian, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Granard, 10th Earl of, (Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Forbes) (born 15 March 1957), Who's Who, 2007. Forbes, Brig.-Gen. Willoughby Edward Gordon, (11 Sept. 1851–13 Dec. 1926), Who Was Who, 2007. Identifying temporal and causal contributions of neural processes underlying the Implicit Association Test (IAT), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2012. Will genetically modified late blight resistant potatoes be the first GM crops to be approved for commercial growing in Norway?, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023. Social Neuroscience: The Second Phase, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013.

6 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (University of British Columbia), DataCite (Hellenic Center for Marine Research), DataCite (Academic Press, [etc.]) and DataCite (The Global Biodiversity Information Facility).

An aperture synthesis radiotelescope and a deep sky survey at 22 MHz (2010) — DataCite (University of British Columbia). On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part I. Ophiuridae, by Edward Forbes (2023) — DataCite (Hellenic Center for Marine Research). Edward Forbes. Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean Sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on Geology. 13th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London, 1844. (2021) — DataCite (Hellenic Center for Marine Research). On the Species of Neaera inhabiting the Aegean Sea (1843) — DataCite (Academic Press, [etc.]). 3. Description of the Animal of Trigonia, from actual dissection, with an introductory Note by Prof. E. Forbes, F.R.S. (1849) — DataCite (Academic Press, [etc.]). Occurrence Download (2024) — DataCite (The Global Biodiversity Information Facility).

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 22 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 14 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Edward Forbes studied at University of Edinburgh. the recorded working language is English.

Robert Jameson is recorded as an influence.

Employment is recorded with King's College London, University of Edinburgh and Geological Society of London. Positions recorded include President of the Geological Society of London and Regius Professor of Natural History. Membership is recorded of Royal Society, Geological Society of London and Academy of Sciences of Turin.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Geological Society of London.