Dr. Edward Forbes

Dr. Edward Forbes was a prominent 19th-century scientist who specialized in natural history and marine biology. He contributed significantly to understanding marine life and the distribution of species across different environments. Forbes believed that the types of animals found in the ocean change with depth and distance from land, leading to his development of the "zoogeographical zones," which map how species vary in different parts of the world’s oceans. His work laid important groundwork for modern ecology and the study of how organisms are distributed in ecosystems.