Eltio Alegondas Forsten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Dutch naturalist
Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1811
Place of Birth: Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: naturalist
Nationality: Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Eltio Alegondas Forsten
- Eltio Alegondas Forsten (12 July 1811, Middelburg – 1843, Ambon Island) was a Dutch naturalist.He studied medicine at Leiden, obtaining his degree in 1836 with a thesis on Cedrela febrifuga, titled "Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga".
- In 1838 he became a member of the Natuurkundige Commissie for the Dutch East Indies, where he would spend the next several years collecting zoological and botanical specimens (Java, Sulawesi, Ternate, Ambon).
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