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Forbes, Henry Ogg (1851-1932)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Henry Ogg
Last name
Forbes
Initials
H.O.
Life Dates
1851 - 1932
Collecting Dates
1878 - 1899
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae Bryophytes Fungi Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), A, B, BO, CAL, E, FI, G-DC, GB, GH, K, L, LE, MEL, MO, NY, P, SING, WU
Countries
Pacific region: Cocos (Keeling) IslandsMalesian region: IndonesiaAustralasia: Papua New GuineaTropical South America: PeruTropical Africa: Socotra
Associate(s)
Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert (1863-1924) (co-collector)
Robinson, Herbert Christopher (1874-1929) (assistant)
Biography
Scottish naturalist and explorer from Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, who was educated at the universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He collected in Indonesia, Java and Sumatra (1879-1880, 1882, 1887), Papua New Guinea (1885-1886, 1889) and Socotra (1898-1899). He was appointed meteorological observer in Port Moresby and Deputy Commissioner for British New Guinea (1886) before moving to New Zealand as Director of Canterbury Museum (1890-1893). He returned to England as Director of Liverpool Museums (1894-1911) and as consulting director (1911-1932). He married the writer Annabella Keith. The genus Forbesina Ridl. was named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 205; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 23; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 202; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 149; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 616;

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Henry Ogg
Last name
Forbes
Initials
H.O.
Life Dates
1851 - 1932
Collecting Dates
1878 - 1899
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae Bryophytes Fungi Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), A, B, BO, CAL, E, FI, G-DC, GB, GH, K, L, LE, MEL, MO, NY, P, SING, WU
Countries
Pacific region: Cocos (Keeling) IslandsMalesian region: IndonesiaAustralasia: Papua New GuineaTropical South America: PeruTropical Africa: Socotra
Associate(s)
Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert (1863-1924) (co-collector)
Robinson, Herbert Christopher (1874-1929) (assistant)
Biography
Scottish naturalist and explorer from Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, who was educated at the universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He collected in Indonesia, Java and Sumatra (1879-1880, 1882, 1887), Papua New Guinea (1885-1886, 1889) and Socotra (1898-1899). He was appointed meteorological observer in Port Moresby and Deputy Commissioner for British New Guinea (1886) before moving to New Zealand as Director of Canterbury Museum (1890-1893). He returned to England as Director of Liverpool Museums (1894-1911) and as consulting director (1911-1932). He married the writer Annabella Keith. The genus Forbesina Ridl. was named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 205; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 23; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 202; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 149; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 616;
Forbes, Henry Ogg (1851-1932)
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