Francis Blackwell Forbes | |
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Born | August 11, 1839 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | May 2, 1908 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 68)
Education | Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School |
Occupation | Botanist |
Spouse |
Isabel Clark
(m. 1867) |
Children | 5 |
Parent(s) | John Murray Forbes Anne Howell |
Relatives | John Murray Forbes (cousin) John Kerry (great-grandson) |
Francis Blackwell Forbes (August 11, 1839 – May 2, 1908) was an American botanist with expertise in Chinese seed-producing plants who also worked as a merchant and opium trader in Asia.