Edward Forbes (12 Feb 1815 - 18th Nov 1854). British naturalist,pioneer of biogeography,he studied the plant and animal life of the British Isles in the contaxt of geological changes. Forbes is also considered a founder of oceanographic science and marine biology. He is best known for his "azoic theory" (1843),which stated that marine life did not exist on sea beds at depths over 300 fathoms (1800 feet). This theory would ultimately be proved wrong - but in the act of looking there lay many discoveries. He became paleontologist to the British Geological Survey in 1844. Forbes died quite young at 39,and it seems the sciences he was involved in were the poorer for it | |
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