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FORBES, Henry Ogrg was born on January 30, 1851. 2nd son of Reverend Alexander Forbes, Master of Arts, Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, and Mary, daughter of Henry Ogg, Strathdee, Aberdeen.
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FORBES, Henry Ogrg was born on January 30, 1851. 2nd son of Reverend Alexander Forbes, Master of Arts, Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, and Mary, daughter of Henry Ogg, Strathdee, Aberdeen.
Studied at Grammar School, Aberdeen. Aberd. and Edinburgh Universities. Doctor of Laws (Aberd.).
Assistant to Professor National Ilist., Aberdeen, during undergraduate medical course. Compelled by loss of eye (the result of accident) to abandon medicine. Travelled in Portugal, making biological and geological investigations, 1875-1877.
Engaged in exploration in Keeling Islands, Java, Sumatra, and, accompanied by Mrs. Forbes, in Banda, Amboina, Timor-laut, Burn, and Timor, where made large collections and numerous observations on ethnology, biology, and geography of these islands, 1878-1884. Elected As. Linn. Society, 1879.
Under auspices of R.G.S., Brit. Assistant, and Colonial Office, led expedition to explore Mount Owen Stanley, New Guinea, 1885-1886. Acting Deputy-Commis., British New Guinea, 1886-1889.
Led second expedition to Mount Owen Stanley, 1889. Director, Canterbury Museum, New Zealand, 1890-1893. Explored Chatham Islands, Pacific Ocean, 1893.
Gill Memorial award, R.G.S., 1893. British Association lecturer to operative classes, Toronto, 1897. Explored island of Socotra, 1898-1899.
Council of Anthrop. Institute, 1898-1901. Committee of Research Department R.G.S. 1903. , Honourable Honourable Lisbon, Australia, Liverpool; F.R.A.I.; Member Folk Lore Society; B.O.U.; General Committee British Association; Director of Museums to the Corporation of Liverpool since 1894; Reader in Ethnography in the University of Liverpool since 1905.
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Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (Edinburgh). Fellow of the Geological Society.
Fellow of the Zoological Society. Clubs: Royal Societies; British Ornithologists’; University, Liverpool.