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German editor, composer and physician

Person · Open Library

Born
27 November 1754
Died
10 January 1794
Works
140

Top works

  • Lichtsrahlen aus seinen Werken
  • Reply to Mr. Wales's remarks
  • Dissertatio inauguralis botanico-medica de plantis esculentis insularum oceani Australis
  • Johann Reinhold Forster's Reise um die Welt wa hrend den Jahren 1772 bis 1775
  • Ansichten Vom Niederrhein, Von Brabant, Flandern, Holland, England und Frankreich

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1514
Active to
1568

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
204
Total plays
2,461

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Georg Forster (ca. 1510 – 12 November 1568) was a German editor, composer and physician. Forster was born at Amberg, in the Upper Palatinate. While a chorister at Elector Ludwig V’s court in Heidelberg around 1521, he was a colleague of Caspar Othmayr who would also become a composer of renown. Forster received his first instruction in composition from the Kapellmeister Lorenz Lemlin. He died at Nuremberg. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Georg+Forster">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • It is very natural to overlook that which is near home, and as it were within our reach, especially when the mind looks forward, on discoveries which it reckons more important, in proportion as they are more remote.
  • [...] each vulgar opinion, proved to be erroneous, is an approximation to truth [...].
  • It is the natural fault of young people to think too well of mankind [...].
  • A man wholly destitute of philanthropy is a monster, justly detested by all mankind; but another, entirely incapable of anger, is a sheepish wretch, liable to be insulted by every mean-spirited villain.

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date of birth
1514-00-00
date of death
1568-11-12
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Georg Forster, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 9 languages

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