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词条 Arthur Forbes of Culloden
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  1. Life

  2. Family

  3. References

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Arthur Forbes, 9th Laird of Culloden DL FRSE (1819-1879) was a noted Scottish landowner and amateur botanist.[1] He was Deputy Lieutenant of Nairn and Ross. He was a descendant of Duncan Forbes of Culloden.

Life

He was born at Douglas on the Isle of Man on 25 January 1819 the son of Duncan George Forbes of Culloden (1781-1840) and his wife, Sarak Walker (d.1838). He was educated at Aberdeen and then Cambridge University.[2]

In 1843 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was John Cockburn.[3]

He died at Aldershot on 16 March 1879.[2]

Family

In 1849 he married Sarah Georgina Warrand (d.1879).

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://herbariaunited.org/collector/10728/|title=botanist: Arthur Forbes (1819 - 1879)|website=herbariaunited.org}}
2. ^Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists, Ray Desmond
3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}}
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