Education
He studied medicine at Leiden, obtaining his degree in 1836 with a thesis on Cedrela febrifuga, titled "Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga".
He studied medicine at Leiden, obtaining his degree in 1836 with a thesis on Cedrela febrifuga, titled "Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga".
Forsten"s cat snake, Boiga forsteni. Forsten"s lorikeet, Trichoglossus forsteni. Forsten"s megapode, Megapodius freycinet.
Forsten"s pointed snake, Rabdion forsteni.
Forsten"s tortoise, Indotestudo forstenii. Purple-bearded bee-eater, Meropogon forsteni.
In 1838 he became a member of the Natuurkundige Commissie for the Dutch East Indies, where he would spend the next several years collecting zoological and botanical specimens (Java, Sulawesi, Ternate, Ambon).