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Apr 20, 1809 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 31 Dec 1868 (aged 59)
Scottish physicist and glaciologist
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- 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. He invented the seismometer in 1842.
