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1Forster, William Edward — ▪ British statesman born July 11, 1818, Bradpole, Dorset, Eng. died April 5, 1886, London British statesman noted for his Education Act of 1870, which established in Great Britain the elements of a primary school system, and for his term… …
2Forster's Syndrome — In his book, The Act of Creation (1964), Arthur Koestler reported on the phenomenon of compulsive punning, known as Forster’s syndrome, after the German surgeon who first observed it.In 1929, Forster was operating on a patient suffering from a… …
3FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD — statesman, born at Bradpole, Dorset, son of a Quaker; entered upon a commercial career in a worsted manufactory at Bradford, but from the first politics engaged his paramount attention, and in 1861 he became member of Parliament for Bradford;… …
4William Edward Forster — William Edward Forster, FRS (July 11, 1818 ndash; April 6, 1886) was a British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal Party statesman, MP for Bradford.Born to William and Ann Forster, Quaker parents at Bradpole in Dorset, he was educated at… …
5Johann Georg Adam Forster — Georg Forster, Gemälde von J. H. W. Tischbein Johann Georg Adam Forster (* 27. November 1754 in Nassenhuben bei Danzig; † 11. Januar 1794 in Paris) war ein deutscher Naturforscher …
6Johann Georg Forster — Georg Forster, Gemälde von J. H. W. Tischbein Johann Georg Adam Forster (* 27. November 1754 in Nassenhuben bei Danzig; † 11. Januar 1794 in Paris) war ein deutscher Naturforscher …
7William Forster (philanthropist) — Infobox Person name = William Forster image size = 240px caption = William between two fellow abolitionists (George Stacey and William Morgan) in a detail from a painting. birth name = birth date = 1784 [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait …
8Josiah Forster — Infobox Person name = Josiah Forster image size = 240px caption = Josiah in the centre birth name = birth date = 1782 [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp00069 rNo=0 role=sit# National Portrait Gallery] ] birth place =… …
9List of Nature Conservation Act endangered flora of Queensland — This is a list of the flora of Queensland listed as Endangered under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.* Acacia porcata * Acacia ramiflora * Acacia rubricola * Acacia saxicola * Acacia sp. (Ruined Castle Creek P.I.Forster+ PIF17848) * Acmena sp.… …
10Johann Reinhold Forster — (October 22, 1729 ndash; December 9, 1798) was a German naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America. He is best known as the naturalist on James Cook s second Pacific voyage,… …
