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" An able botanist," Smith. Memoir by D. Turner, with 

 portr. litho. from painting by M. Sharp, 1822, prefixed to 

 'Vocabulary of East Anglia," 1830; Gent. Mag. vol. 96 

 (1826), i. 281 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xix. 414. Salix Forbyana 

 Sm. 



Ford, John (fl. 1789). Of Liverpool and Chester. M.D. 

 F.L.S., 1789. Linn. Corr. ii. 47 ; Eng. Bot. 78. 



Fordyce, George (1736-1802) : b. Aberdeen, 18 Nov. 1736 ; d. 

 London, 25 May, 1802 ; bur. St. Anne's, Soho. Grandfather 

 of George Bentham. M.A. Aberd., 1760; M.D. Edin., 

 1758, Leyden, 1759 ; F.E.S., 1776 ; F.E.C.P., 1787. 

 ' Elements of Agriculture and Vegetation,' 1765. Gent. 

 Mag., June, 1802 ; Munk, ii. 373 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xix. 

 432. Portr. by T. Phillips at St. Thomas's Hospital, engr. 

 by Keating. Medal designed by Flaxman. Wedgwood 

 medallion. 



Forster, Benjamin Meggot (1765-1829): b. Walbrook, 16 

 Jan., 1764 ; d. Hale End, Walthamstow, 8 Mar. 1829 ; bur. 

 Walthamstow. Sent plants for Eng. Bot. 108, 602, &c. 

 Pungologist, electrician, and philanthropist. Brother of two 

 following. ' Peziza cuticulosa,' 1786. ' Introduction to the 

 Knowledge of Funguses,' 1820. Pritz. 110 ; Jacks. 546 ; 

 ' Epistolarium Eorsterianum,' ii. pp. xiii.-xv. ; Nich. Illustr. 

 viii. 553 ; Gent. Mag. xcix. (1829), 279; Diet. Nat. Biog. 

 XX. 12. 



Forster, Edward (1765-1849) : b. Walthamstow, 12 Oct., 1765 ; 

 d. Woodford, Essex, 23 Feb., 1849; bur. Walthamstow. 

 F.L.S., 1800; Treas., 1816; V.-P., 1828; F.E.S. Banker. 

 Gontrib. to Gough's ' Camden,' Phyt. i., ii., iii. ; Eng. Bot. 

 and E. B. Supp. 73, 77, 1293, 2790; Mag. Zool. Bot. ii. 

 (1839), 95 ; Ann. & Mag. viii. (1842), 433 ; &c. Herbarium 

 purchased by E. Brown, and presented to Mus. Brit. Pritz. 

 110 ; Jacks. 262 ; E. S. C. ii. 669 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 39 ; 

 Gent. Mag. xxxii. (1849), 431; Nich. Illust. viii. 554 ; Gibson,, 

 El. Essex, 448; ' Eecueil de ma vie,' T. I. M. Eorster, 

 1837 ; ' Epistolarium Eorsterianum,' ii. p. xv. ; Proc. Eoy. 

 Soc. V. 485. ; El. Midd. 397 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xx. 14. Oil 

 portr. by Eddis, Linn. Soc. Portr. in Ipswich Mus. series. 

 Liizula Forsteri DC. 



Forster, Thomas Furley (1761-1825): b. Walbrook, 5 Sept., 

 1761; d. Walthamstow, 28 Oct., 1825; bur. Walthamstow. 

 E.L.S., 1800. Joint-author with two preceding of the plant- 

 lists in Gough's ' Camden.' Additions to Warner's 'Plantse 

 Wdodfordiensis,' 1784. 'Flora Tonbrigensis," 1816. Dis- 

 covered Asplenium lanceolatum and Viola lactea. Eng. Bot. 

 240, 445, &c. Pritz. 110 ; Jacks. 547 ; Gent. Mag. xxxii. 

 (1849), 481 ; E. S. C. ii. 671 ; ' Eecueil de ma vie,' T. I. M. 

 Forster, 1837 ; ' Epistolarium Forsterianum,' i. 33-41 ; Memoir 

 in Fl. Tonbrig. ed. 2, 1842 ; Nich. Illustr. viii. 553 ; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. XX. 22. 



Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria (1789-1850) ; b. London, 

 2 Nov., 1789 ; d. Brussels, 2 Feb., 1860. M.B. Camb., 1818 ;. 



