Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Forbes, Prof. James David

by Joseph Foster

Forbes, Prof. James David, created D.C.L. 9 June, 1853, Alpine explorer, principal of the United Colleges of St. Salvador and St. Leonard, in St. Andrew's University 1860, professor natural philosophy University of Edinburgh 1833-60 (son of Sir William Forbes, Bart., of Pitsligo), died 31 Dec., 1868. See Foster's Baronetage.