Johann Reinhold Forster
German naturalist (1729-1798) · Historical Figures · Died at 69
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Something wrong?Johann Reinhold Forster was a German Reformed pastor and naturalist. Born in Dirschau, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, he attended school in Dirschau and Marienwerder before being admitted at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin in 1745.
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The Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium in Berlin in 1757
St Peter and Paul church, Danzig
The Mottlau (Motława) river between Hochzeit (Wiślina) and Nassenhuben (Mokry Dwór)
Forster's map of the Volga region, published 1768
Thomas Pennant, oil painting by Thomas Gainsborough
Joseph Banks painted by Benjamin West, 1773
James Cook's chart of the Southern Hemisphere, showing some voyages of exploration including Cook's first and second voyagesAwards
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Johann Reinhold Forster was a German Reformed pastor and naturalist. Born in Dirschau, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, he attended school in Dirschau and Marienwerder before being admitted at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin in 1745. Skilled in classical and biblical languages, he studied theology at the University of Halle. In 1753, he became a parson at a parish just south of Danzig. He married his cousin Justina Elisabeth Nicolai in 1754, and they had seven children; the oldest child was George Forster, also known as Georg.
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