Georg Forster
(1754-1794)
German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary
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Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. His report of that journey, A Voyage Round the World, contributed significantly to the ethnology of the people of Polynesia and remains a respected work. As a result of the report, Forster, who was admitted to the Royal Society at the early age of twenty-two, came to be considered one of the founders of modern scientific travel literature.
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1754 Nassenhuben (Mokry Dwór), Royal Prussia, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
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10 January 1794 (aged 39) Paris, France
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