Talk:Georg Forster

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Contents 1 Enzensberger quote for date of birth 2 Red links in the article 3 Ben; Facinating 4 The religion of his father 5 Main page result 6 Featured content

[edit] Enzensberger quote for date of birth

I took this from the Thomas/Berghof edition of A voyage round the world. Although I fully trust these authors: can somebody check the quote in Enzensberger's book? My university library doesn't have it. Kusma (討論) 22:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red links in the article

The following red links should be turned blue:

• John Francis Rigaud, should be easy to write a stub using information e.g. at National Maritime Museum page
• Mokry Dwór from pl:Mokry Dwór (województwo pomorskie); is that a part of Pruszcz Gdański? Kusma (討論) 21:57, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Any volunteers? Kusma (討論) 21:57, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Another article to add and to link to from this one here might be de:Georg-Forster-Station. Kusma (討論) 19:26, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

And de:Freiheitsbaum. Kusma (討論) 20:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Arbre de la liberté currently redirects to Liberty pole, perhaps the article about the French concept could be expanded and stand on its own. Kusma (討論) 09:36, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ben; Facinating

i was rading the article on georg(E!?!?!) Forster and i was entrigued, and found myself facinated in what was written about this magnificent man - i especially likes this bitof the text

he was on a assignment to travel in Russia on a research journey and investigate the situation of a German colony.

facinating

also this bit

Georg Forster joined his father in the expedition again and was appointed as a draughtsman to his father

facinating

also this bit

He described various social structures and religions that he encountered on the Society Islands,

facenating

also this bit

The journey was rich in scientific results. However, the relations between the Forsters and Captain Cook and his officers were often problematic

facenating

this is truly a remarcable man - i love you geog(E?!?!?) forster

[edit] The religion of his father

Whay did someone change back to the statement that his father was a Lutheran pastor. He was not, he was a Calvinist pastor of Scottish roots in the Reformed Church in Mokry Dwor. There was no Lutheran church there but only a Reformed one.

Kazimierz

I changed it back, as you provided no reference for the change and according to de:Johann Reinhold Forster, Forster's father was pastor in Wislina (Hochzeit), not Mokry Dwor. I will check in a Forster biography later tonight. Were there Calvinist professors in Halle, where JR Forster studied? Kusma (討論) 15:52, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

At least the Pitt Rivers Museum lists him as Lutheran, while I could google nothing for "Calvinist". Kusma (討論) 15:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Why don't you try Paul Arndt, Geschichte... (History of the Reformed Church in Gdansk) as well as Aleksander Klemp, Portestanci w Dobrach prywatnych na pomorzu -that one is Polish. His father is listed as a pastor in Mokry Dwor which was one of four Calvinist churches in the north of Poland (2 in Gdansk, one in Mokry Dwor and one in Krokowa), the rest were Lutheran, perhaps hence the confusion. The fact that they went to Halle, which was a Calvinist bastion, underlines that point too. I wish I had the book with me, so I could provide you with a page number. Kazimierz

I thought that Halle was pietist, more reformed than Calvinist, but I am no expert on Protestantism, especially not on the terms used in English. I will investigate further and see if I find any book that lists JR Forster as something else than a Lutheran. Kusma (討論) 19:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I have changed "Lutheran" to "Protestant" for now, which is certainly true and close enough for the purposes of this article. For the article Johann Reinhold Forster, we should certainly mention his confession in detail. Kusma (討論) 20:05, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm learning lots of interesting things. I'm starting to believe that you are right about "reformed", and my statement above about Wislina is also not quite true: The ADB article on Georg Forster mentions that JR was pastor in Nassenhuben, but that his house stood just across the county border in Hochzeit (pl Wislina). All of these are probably parts of Pruszcz Gdański today, but I can't read Polish, so I'm not sure. Kusma (討論) 20:12, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Calvinism is the mainstream of Reformed Protestantism. In fact they tend to by synonimous. Kazimierz

And ADB says the reformed church helped him out of his debts, so I have changed it to "reformed" both here and in Johann Reinhold Forster. Kusma (討論) 12:13, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Great! BTW This article was very good - I learned a lot from it! I Changed the reformed to "Reformed" - the denominations should be spelled with a capital! Kazimierz

[edit] Main page result

This diff spans more than 350 edits: mostly noise, unfortunately. Kusma (討論) 06:50, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured content

Is he should be on "Biology, medicine and psychology" isn't it better to put him on "History", or something like that? 85.250.205.175 18:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)