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Francis Blackwell Forbes (August 11, 1839 – May 2, 1908) was an American botanist with expertise in Chinese seed-producing plants who also worked as a merchant and opium trader in Asia.
17. Jan. 2021 · Francis Blackwell Forbes (New York, August 11, 1839 - Boston, Massachusetts, May 2, 1908) was a China merchant, opium trader and botanist, son of Rev. John Murray Forbes, Rector of St. Luke's, New York (New York, May 5, 1807 – Elizabeth, New Jersey, October 11, 1885) and his wife (m. December 26, 1838) Anne Howell ( – July 21, 1849).
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Francis Blackwell Forbes (1839-1908) was the son of St. Luke's rector John Murray and Anne Howell Forbes and the nephew of Paul Siemen Forbes. Like many family members before him, he traveled to China as a partner in Russell & Co. and amassed a fortune in the opium trade before leaving and settling in Europe. While in China he played a role in the
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Family origins. The first member of the Forbes family to live in the United States was Rev. John Forbes (1740–1783). He was a clergyman who arrived in the colonies in 1763.
Francis Blackwell Forbes was an American botanist with expertise in Chinese seed-producing plants who also worked as a merchant and opium trader in Asia.
Biography. American botanist who lived in China (1857-1882) where he befriended H.F. Hance and published a checklist of Chinese plants with W.B. Hemsley. His herbarium is at BM and he is commemorated with Euonymus forbesii Hance. References. Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 205; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform.
An enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy Forbes, Francis Blackwell. - Koenigstein/W.-Germany : Koeltz, Reprint
