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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.
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.
Forbes, Francis Blackwell (1839-1908) 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.
17 de jan. de 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).
Francis Blackwell Forbes (1839–1908), British botanist. IPNI standard form: F.B.Forbes.
The Forbes family papers consist of the correspondence and other papers of the Forbes family of Milton, Mass. mostly Robert Bennet Forbes (1804-1889), Francis Blackwell Forbes (1839-1908), and James Murray Forbes (1845-1937).
Francis Blackwell Forbes's 3 research works with 137 citations and 150 reads, including: An Enumeration of all the Plants known from China Proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu...
