# Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster

> Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster was an English astronomer, physician, naturalist and philosopher. An early animal rights activist, he promoted vegetarianism and founded the Animals' Friend Society with Lewis Gompertz. He published pamphlets on a wide variety of subjects, including morality, Pythagorean philosophy, bird migration, Sati, and "phrenology", a term that he coined in 1815.

*British astronomer, naturalist, and philosopher (1789-1860)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1789-11-09
- **Died:** 1860-02-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Ignatius_Maria_Forster)
- [توماس اجناطيوس ماريا فوريستر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1)
- [Tomas İqnatius Mariya Forster](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_%C4%B0qnatius_Mariya_Forster)
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- [Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ignatius_Maria_Forster)
- [Thomas Ignatius Maris Forster](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ignatius_Maris_Forster)
- [Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ignatius_Maria_Forster)
- [Форстер, Томас (учёный)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_(%D1%83%D1%87%D1%91%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9))
- [Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ignatius_Maria_Forster)
- [تھامس اگناشس ماریا فارسٹر](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435706)

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