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About James David Forbes
James David Forbes (1809–1868) was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology. Forbes was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor there from 1833 until he became principal of the United College of St Andrews in 1859.
Everything about James David Forbes →- Occupation
- physicist, glaciologist, geologist, inventor
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 20, 1809, 1809
- Died
- December 31, 1868, 1868