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Henry O. Forbes

(Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932)

H.O. Forbes and officers of expedition, Port Moresby [1885]
J. W Lindt (John William) 1845-1926 photographer.
Albumen photograph; 15.0 x 20.5 cm. approx from Picturesque New Guinea v. 1

State Library Victoria H42423

Henry Ogg Forbes (30 January 1851 – 27 October 1932) was a Scottish explorer, ornithologist, and botanist. He also described a new species of spider, Thomisus decipiens. (From Wikipedia)

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Books by Henry O. Forbes:

Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932: A Hand-Book to the Primates (2 volumes; London: W. H. Allen and Co, 1894)

Additional books by Henry O. Forbes in the extended shelves:

Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932: British birds : with their nests and eggs ... (Brumby & Clarke, limited, 1896), also by Frederick William Frohawk, Hugh Alexander Macpherson, Oliver Vernon Aplin, Henry Horrocks Slater, W. B. Tegetmeier, John Cordeaux, Murray Alexander Mathew, and Arthur G. Butler (page images at HathiTrust)
Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932: A hand-book to the primates (E. Lloyd, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932: A hand-book to the primates (E. Lloyd, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932: The natural history of Sokotra and Abdel-Kuri : being the report upon the results of the Conjoint Expedition to these Islands in 1898-9, by Mr. W.R. Ogilvie-Grant ... and Dr. H.O. Forbes ... (The Free Public Museums, Henry Young and Sons, 1903), also by William Robert Ogilvie-Grant and Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932: A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883 (Harper & brothers, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)

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