Georg Forster

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:affiliation librarian at University of Mainz
professor at University of Vilnius
gptkbp:birthDate 1754-11-27
gptkbp:birthPlace Nassenhuben, Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Cimetière_de_la_Madeleine,_Paris
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:pneumonia
gptkbp:college gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkb:University_of_Halle
gptkbp:deathDate 1794-01-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:father gptkb:Johann_Reinhold_Forster
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:travel_literature
natural history
ethnology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Johann_Georg_Adam_Forster
gptkbp:honor Forster crater on the Moon named after him
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) named after him
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Georg Forster
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Alexander_von_Humboldt
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Johann_Reinhold_Forster
James Cook
gptkbp:knownFor contributions to ethnology
early scientific travel writing
role in the Enlightenment
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Mainz_Republic
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Voyage_Round_the_World
gptkb:Views_from_the_Lower_Rhine
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:anthropologist
gptkb:naturalist
revolutionary
travelers
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Second_voyage_of_James_Cook
gptkbp:politicalActivity supporter of the French Revolution
vice-president of the Mainz Republic
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Anton_Graff
gptkbp:signature Georg Forster signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Therese_Forster
gptkbp:travelsWith James Cook
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Polynesia
gptkb:South_Pacific
ethnography
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Johann_Reinhold_Forster
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5