Georg Forster
1754 to 1794
8 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Georg Forster across 8 places, from 1754 to 1794. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German-Polish geographer, naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Georg Forster was documented, and when
27 November 1754exact date
Mokry Dwór, Pomeranian Voivodeshipattested
“Georg Forster was born in Nassenhuben (now Mokry Dwór, Poland), a small village near Danzig, on 27 November 1754.”
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27 November 1754exact date
Danzigattested
“Georg Forster was born in Nassenhuben (now Mokry Dwór, Poland), a small village near Danzig, on 27 November 1754.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
1770 to 1772period
Londonattested
“The Forsters moved back to London in 1770, where Reinhold Forster cultivated scientific contacts and became a member of the Royal Society in 1772.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
1772year
Pacific Oceanattested
“After the withdrawal of Joseph Banks, he was invited by the British Admiralty to join James Cook's second expedition to the Pacific (1772–75).”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
1778year
Kasselattested
“In 1778, he went to Germany to take a teaching position as a Natural History professor at the Collegium Carolinum in Kassel, where he met Therese Heyne, the daughter of classicist Christian Gottlob Heyne.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
1778year
Germanyattested
“In 1778, he went to Germany to take a teaching position as a Natural History professor at the Collegium Carolinum in Kassel, where he met Therese Heyne, the daughter of classicist Christian Gottlob Heyne.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
1791 to 1792period
Berlinattested
“Both Forsters also published descriptions of their South Pacific travels in the Berlin-based Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen ("Magazine of strange new travel accounts"), and Georg published a translation of "A Voyage t…”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
10 January 1794exact date
Parisattested
“Before the reign of terror reached its climax, Forster died after a rheumatic illness in his small attic apartment at Rue des Moulins in Paris on 10 January 1794, at the age of thirty-nine.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
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Places Georg Forster is documented in
Berlin1 presence · 1791Germany1 presence · 1778Kassel1 presence · 1778London1 presence · 1770Paris1 presence · 1794
Danzig1 presence · 1754
Mokry Dwór, Pomeranian Voivodeship1 presence · 1754
Pacific Ocean1 presence · 1772
Other places tied to Georg Forster in the record
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1765year
Saratovmentioned
“In 1765, Reinhold obtained a commission by the Russian government to inspect the recently founded colonies near Saratov on the Volga River, which were mostly settled by German colonists.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
October 1765month
St Petersburgmentioned
“From October 1765, he attended Saint Peter's School in St Petersburg, while his father prepared a report about the state of the colony.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
4 October 1766exact date
Kronstadtmentioned
“After a sea journey from Kronstadt, during which Georg learned English and practiced Russian, they arrived in London on 4 October 1766.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
4 October 1766exact date
Londonmentioned
“After a sea journey from Kronstadt, during which Georg learned English and practiced Russian, they arrived in London on 4 October 1766.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
June 1767month
Warrington Academymentioned
“His father took up a teaching position at Warrington Academy in June 1767, succeeding Joseph Priestley, leaving Georg behind in London as apprentice with a London merchant until the rest of the family arrived in England in September 1767.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
June 1767month
Londonmentioned
“His father took up a teaching position at Warrington Academy in June 1767, succeeding Joseph Priestley, leaving Georg behind in London as apprentice with a London merchant until the rest of the family arrived in England in September 1767.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
June 1767month
Englandmentioned
“His father took up a teaching position at Warrington Academy in June 1767, succeeding Joseph Priestley, leaving Georg behind in London as apprentice with a London merchant until the rest of the family arrived in England in September 1767.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
13 July 1772exact date
Plymouthmentioned
“They embarked HMS Resolution on 13 July 1772, in Plymouth.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
30 July 1775exact date
Atlantic Oceanmentioned
“The ship's route led first to the South Atlantic, then through the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean to the islands of Polynesia and finally around Cape Horn back to England, returning on 30 July 1775.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
30 July 1775exact date
Cape Hornmentioned
“The ship's route led first to the South Atlantic, then through the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean to the islands of Polynesia and finally around Cape Horn back to England, returning on 30 July 1775.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
30 July 1775exact date
Englandmentioned
“The ship's route led first to the South Atlantic, then through the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean to the islands of Polynesia and finally around Cape Horn back to England, returning on 30 July 1775.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
30 July 1775exact date
Indian Oceanmentioned
“The ship's route led first to the South Atlantic, then through the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean to the islands of Polynesia and finally around Cape Horn back to England, returning on 30 July 1775.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
1777year
Parismentioned
“He travelled to Paris to seek out a discussion with the American revolutionary Benjamin Franklin in 1777.”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
1783 to 1784period
Vilnius Universitymentioned
“However, by 1783 Forster saw that his involvement with the Rosicrucians not only led him away from real science, but also deeper into debt (it is said he was not good at money); for these reasons Forster was happy to accept a proposal by…”
source: Wikipedia: Georg Forster
1783 to 1784period
1785year
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December 1786month
1790year
1790year
June 1790month
Documented at the same place, the same year
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