Henry Ogrg Forbes

Background

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.

Education

He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh.

Career

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 Mistress

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., British 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 Anthropological 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.

Works

• book

  • A hand-book to the primates (Volume 2)

    (This collection of literature attempts to compile many of...)

  • A Hand-book to the Primates Volume 1

    (Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)

  • A Hand-Book To The Primates

    (Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating bac...)

  • A Hand-book to the Primates

    (HIGH QUALITY FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Forbes, Henry O: A H...)

  • A Handbook To The Primates V1 (1894)

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

  • A hand-book to the primates Volume 2

    (This historic book may have numerous typos and missing te...)

  • A Hand-Book to the Primates. 2 volume set. Lloyd's Natural History

    (London published Wild Animals)

  • A hand-book to the primates

    (Volume: v. 1 Publisher: London : E. Lloyd Publication dat...)

  • A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)

    ("...trade away on the European side; it is, therefore, no...)

  • LLYOD'S NATURAL HISTORY: A HANDBOOK OF PRIMATES: VOL ONE.
  • A hand-book to the primates, volumes 1 & 2. (Lloyd's Natural History series)
  • Lloyd's Natural History: A Handbook to the Primates. Vol. 1
  • A Hand-Book to the Primates Volume II
  • A Hand-Book to the Primates Volume I

Membership

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.

• 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.

Interests

• Ornithology; Egyptian history. Anthropology.

Connections

Father:

Alexander Forbes

Mother:

Mary