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  1. The most extensive biographical account of Forbes is by Wallace O.Fenn, “Alexander Forbes, May 14, 1882–March 27, 1965,” Biog. Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., 40 (1969), 113–141, which contains a serviceable although not complete bibliography.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Robert G. Frank Jr.

  2. Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Robert G. Frank Jr.

  3. Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Judith H. Goetzl

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Frank, R.G., Goetzl, J.H. The J. H. B. Archive report the Alexander Forbes papers. Journal of the History of Biology 11, 387–393 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00389305

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