About James Forbes
Lived 1773 – 1861 (aged 87–88). James Forbes was a British botanist, author and gardener.
James Forbes (May 1773 – 6 July 1861) was a British gardener and botanist.
Forbes was born in May 1773 in Bridgend, Perthshire. He was the gardener for the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey. He became a member of the Linnean Society of London in 1832. He was the author of (1829), (1833), Journal of Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium and Part of France in... 1835 (1837) and (1839).
Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785 – 1865) named the species Oncidium forbesii (in the family of Orchidaceae) after him. Forbes became a member of the Royal Society on 24 March 1803.
Forbes died on 6 July 1681, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, aged 88.
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British gardener and botanist (1773-1861)
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James Forbes was born in 1773 in Perth and Kinross.
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James Forbes died on 6 July 1861 in Woburn Abbey.
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James Forbes was a botanist, author and gardener.
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· DBpedia: James Forbes (botanist)
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