Forster, Georg, 1754-1794
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Name (Latin)
Forster, Georg, 1754-1794
Other forms of name
Forster, J. G. (Johann Georg), 1754-1794
Forster, Jerzy, 1754-1794
Fosteris, Georgas, 1754-1794
Forster, George, 1754-1794
Forster, Georgius, 1754-1794
Forster, Johann Georg Adam, 1754-1794
Date of birth
1754-11-27
Date of death
1794-01-10
Associated country
Germany
Field of activity
Ethnology
Journalism
Natural history
Translating and interpreting
Travel writing
Occupation
Naturalists
Revolutionaries
Translators
Travel writers
Ethnologists
Journalists
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Ansichten vom Niederrhein, c1989:t.p. (Georg Forster) p. 17 (b. 11-27-1754 in Nassenhuben bei Danzig) p. 29 (d. 01-10-1794 in Paris)
- Augenschein, ein Manöver reiner Vernunft, c1990:t.p. (J.G. Forsters)
- Bertschinger, G.M. The portraits of John Reinhold Forster and George Forster, 1988:t.p. (George Forster)
- Georgo Forsterio laiškai iš Vilniaus, 1988:t.p. (Georgo Fosterio) p. 7 (Georgas Fosteris)
- Identités, migrations et territoires dans l'océan Indien, 2014:page 77 (Georg Forster, German, born 1755, died 1794; with his father was a member of the team of Captain Cook during his second voyage around the world in the 1770s)
- LCCN 04-3010: Forster, J.R. Characteres generum plantarum, 1776(hdg.: Forster, Georg, i.e. Johann Georg Adam, 1754-1794; usage: Georgius Forster)
- LCCN 05-36428: Forster, J.R. Johann Reinhold Forster's ... und Georg Forster's Beschreibungen der gattungen von pflanzen, 1779(hdg.: Forster, Georg, 1754-1794)
- Georg Foster; Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (27 November 1754 - 10 January 1794) was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. After returning to continental Europe, Forster turned toward academia. He taught natural history at the Collegium Carolinum in the Ottoneum, Kassel (1778-84), and later at the Academy of Vilna (Vilnius University) (1784-87). In 1788, he became head librarian at the University of Mainz. Most of his scientific work during this time consisted of essays on botany and ethnology, but he also prefaced and translated many books about travel and exploration, including a German translation of Cook's diaries. Born in Nassenhuben (now Mokry Dwór, Poland), a small village near Danzig; died in Paris, French Republic ( (Wikipedia, February 15, 2022) )
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