Biography
Johann Reinhold Forster was a pastor and naturalist, who accompanied James Cook on his second Pacific voyage. A comprehensive biography in German language can be found in Dove (1878). His son was the naturalist, ethnologist and revolutionary Georg Forster.
Johann Reinhold was born in 1729. He was the son of Georg Forster and Eva, née Wolff. He passed away in 1798.
Sources
- Wikidata: Item Q213570
- Dove, Alfred. Forster, Reinhold. Forster, Johann Reinhold. In: Deutsche Biographie 7, pp. 166-172, 1878.
- English Wikipedia article on Johann Reinhold Forster
- German Wikipedia article on Johann Reinhold Forster
Acknowledgements
- Thank you to Barbara Forster for creating Forster-515 on 11 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Barbara and others.

