Eric G. Forbes

Eric Gray Forbes (1933-1984) FRSE FRAS was Professor of the History of Science at the University of Edinburgh.

He then continued as a postgraduate at St Andrews and the University of London gaining a PhD in Astronomy.

From 1961 to 1965 he lectured in mathematics and physics at St Marys College in Twickenham.

He did much research on longitude and navigation in the 18th century and on John Flamsteed former Astronomer Royal, and on the German scientist Tobias Mayer.

[2] On his death his wife donated a substantial collection of his books to the University of Edinburgh In 1966 he married Maria Sibilla Lürken, a German linguist.