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Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster

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

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Lived 1789–1860, aged 71
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    1789–1860
    Aged 71
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Updated 2026-06-19

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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