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Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster

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

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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.

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Title page of a 1813 copy of Forster's "Researches about atmospheric phaenomena"Title page of a 1813 copy of Forster's "Researches about atmospheric phaenomena"

Awards 2

Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

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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.

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deceased
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Lived 1789 to 1860 · aged 70
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