Georg Forster
Sign in to saveGerman naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)
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- Born
- 27 November 1754
- Died
- 10 January 1794
- Works
- 140
Top works
- 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
- Werke
- Entdeckungsreise nach Tahiti und in die Südsee 1772-1775
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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>
Key facts
- Born
- Johann George Adam Forster , 27 November 1754 ( 1754-11-27 ) , Nassenhuben , Pomeranian Voivodeship, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
- Died
- 10 January 1794 (1794-01-10) (aged 39), Paris , French Republic
- Education
- Saint Peter's School (Saint Petersburg) , Warrington Academy
- Known for
- Founding modern travel literature
- Spouse
- Therese Heyne
- Children
- Therese Forster , Claire von Greyerz
- Parent s
- Johann Reinhold Forster and Justina Elisabeth, née Nicolai
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society , 1777
- Fields
- natural history , ethnology
- Institutions
- Vilnius University , University of Mainz , Collegium Carolinum (Kassel)
- Patrons
- Catherine the Great
- Author abbrev botany
Key dates
- Born
- 27 November 1754
- Died
- 10 January 1794
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adam
- Family name
- Forster
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Mokry Dwór
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Therese Huber
- Father
- Johann Reinhold Forster
- Educated at
- Saint Peter's School
Article
Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster ( German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfɔʁstɐ]; 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German-Polish geographer, 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. His report of that journey, A Voyage Round the World, contributed significantly to the ethnology of the people of Polynesia and remains a respected work. As a result of the report, Forster, who was admitted to the Royal Society at the early age of twenty-two, came to be considered one of the founders of modern scientific travel literature.
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.
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