Henry Ogg Forbes (30 January 1851 – 27 October 1932) was a Scottish explorer, ornithologist, and botanist. He also described a new species of spider, Thomisus decipiens.[1]
Henry Ogg Forbes
H. O. Forbes and officers of expedition, Port Moresby [1885] J. W. Lindt State Library Victoria H42423
Born
(1851-01-30)30 January 1851
Died
27 October 1932(1932-10-27) (aged 81)
Nationality
British
Occupation(s)
Museum Director; Author; Explorer; Naturalist
Spouse
Annabella Keith
^Forbes, H. O. (1883). "On the habits of Thomisus decipiens, a spider from Sumatra". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1883: 586–588.
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It was first described, as Biziura delautouri, in March 1892 by Dr HenryForbes, the director of the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch at the time, who...
lemurs. "Sportive lemur", which is more commonly used, was coined by HenryOggForbes in 1894. Though he did not explain the name choice, he did mention...
introduced predators, disturbance at its breeding colonies and habitat loss. HenryForbes described the Chatham shag as Phalacrocorax onslowi in 1893. The specific...
(Guttiferae). The specific epithet (forbesii) honors Scottish naturalist HenryOggForbes. Garcinia forbesii is found in Southeast Asia and is native to Indonesia...
type locality given as the coast of Otago in New Zealand. In 1890 HenryOggForbes reclassified T. rubiginosus in a new monospecific genus Plagiogeneion...
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genus in 1890 by the Scottish explorer, ornithologist, and botanist HenryOggForbes with Therapon rubiginosus, which had been described in 1875 by Frederick...
first accounts in English of California (then a province of Mexico) HenryOggForbes (1851–1932), botanist and ornithologist in both the Maluku Islands...
Wallace; in later publications he also acknowledged the naturalist HenryOggForbes. The interest in evolutionary theory was reflected in much contemporary...
reached by boat up the Rawas River, a tributary of the Musi River. HenryOggForbes reached Napal Licin during his expedition to central Sumatra. He described...
1898-9, by William Robert Ogilvie-Grant and HenryOggForbes 1903. Liverpool: The Free Public Museums, Henry Young and Sons. Royal Natural History by Richard...
Wallace, and in later publications also acknowledged the naturalist HenryOggForbes. The gorilla, knowledge of which was first spread in Europe in 1847...
yet been identified" in 1893. In 1898, the Scottish ornithologist HenryOggForbes supported the validity of the species, after examining Nicobar pigeon...
extinct starling from Madagascar, or the Mascarenes, described by HenryOggForbes under the name Necropsar leguati and sketched by bird illustrator John...
In 1901, the ornithologist HenryOggForbes had the Liverpool specimen dismounted so he could examine it for damage. Forbes found it similar enough to...
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