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Forster, Johann Reinhold

Subject ID: 20830

Last Name: Forster
First Name: Johann
Middle Names: Reinhold
Birth Date: 22 October 1729
Birth Place: Dirschau (Tczew), Poland
Death Date: 9 December 1798
Death Place: Halle, Germany
Gender: male
HI Archives Collection #: 21
Other Holdings: GAC
Notes: GAC-letter from Forster to N.J. Jacquin, 1779. #21 -letter from N.J. Jacquin to Forster, 1780. Father of Johann Georg Adam Forster. Middle name is spelled “Rheinhold” in HI Guide to the Archives.

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Alternate Names

  • Forster, Johann R.
  • Forster, Johann Reinhold
  • Forster, Johann Rheinhold
  • Forster, J. R.

Specialties

Bryology, Germany, Natural History, Naturalism, Plant Exploration, Taxonomy