James David Forbes

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James David Forbes.

James David Forbes (born April 20, 1809 in Colinton near Edinburgh , † December 31, 1868 ) was a Scottish physicist .

Life

Forbes studied at the University of Edinburgh , where he was professor from 1833. He researched mainly in the fields of heat conduction , seismology and glaciology .

At the age of 19 he became a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ; In 1832 he was elected a member ("Fellow") of the Royal Society of London . The Royal Society awarded him the Rumford Medal in 1838 and the Royal Medal in 1843 . In 1842 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences . Since 1852 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1867 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . The Forbes Glacier and Forbes Point headland in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula bear his name.

Works

  • Travels through the Alps of Savoy and Other Parts of the Pennine Chain, with Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers . (1843)
  • Map of the Arctic Ocean of Chamouni . (1845)
  • Norway and its Glaciers . (1853)
  • Review of the progress of mathematical and physical science . (1858)
  • Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers . (1859)
  • A tour of Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa . (1855)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter F. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 14, 2019 (French).
  2. ^ Members of the previous academies. James David Forbes. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on March 24, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Forbes, James David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish physicist
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Colinton near Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1868