Person

Georg Forster

1754–1794 · 18th century

Georg Forster was a German naturalist and writer who sailed with James Cook on his second voyage and wrote a famous account of it. As librarian at Mainz he joined the Jacobin club and helped lead the Rhenish-German National Convention of the Republic of Mainz in 1793. He went to Paris to seek union with France and died there.

Georg Forster
Image: Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 state history

Republic of Mainz

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Georg Forster. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/georg-forster
MLA
“Georg Forster.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/georg-forster. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Georg Forster.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/georg-forster.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Georg Forster’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/georg-forster (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻