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Edward Forbes. Photograph.

Edward Forbes. Lithograph after A. Claudet.

Edward Forbes. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1850.

Edward Forbes. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849.

Memoir of Edward Forbes / by George Wilson and Archibald Geikie.

Memoir of Edward Forbes, F.R.S., late Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh / by George Wilson and Archibald Geikie.

Some nineteenth century Scotsmen : being personal recollections / by William Knight.

Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' / by Charles Darwin.

Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis. In company with the late Rev. E.T. Daniell / By Lieutenant T.A.B. Spratt, and Professor Edward Forbes.

A history of British starfishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata / [Edward Forbes].

Malacologia Monensis : a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea / by Edward Forbes.

An inaugural lecture on botany, considered as a science, and as a branch of medical education / [Edward Forbes].

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Edward Forbes

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Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' / by Charles Darwin.

Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis. In company with the late Rev. E.T. Daniell / By Lieutenant T.A.B. Spratt, and Professor Edward Forbes.

A history of British starfishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata / [Edward Forbes].

Malacologia Monensis : a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea / by Edward Forbes.

An inaugural lecture on botany, considered as a science, and as a branch of medical education / [Edward Forbes].

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Edward Forbes

Images from the collections

Images featuring Edward Forbes

Works from the collections

Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' / by Charles Darwin.

Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis. In company with the late Rev. E.T. Daniell / By Lieutenant T.A.B. Spratt, and Professor Edward Forbes.

A history of British starfishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata / [Edward Forbes].

Malacologia Monensis : a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea / by Edward Forbes.

An inaugural lecture on botany, considered as a science, and as a branch of medical education / [Edward Forbes].

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