Benjamin Meggott Forster; B. M. Forster
「1829」”Obituary of B. M. Foster,” Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle 99 「Google Books」(1829-Mar): 279.
He was also an active subscriber to the Society for Diffusing Knowledge respecting Capital Punishments, and contributed to the Society for Repressing Cruelty to Animals; being his whole life a determined enemy to field sports of every kind, in consequence of the cruelty attending them.
「1846-Jun-06」Thomas Forster, “Letter: English Cruelty to Animals,” in Epistolarium or Fasciculi of Curious Letters Together with A Few Familiar Poems and Some Account of the Writers As Preserved Among the MSS Of the Forster Family 「Google Books」(Bruges, 1845): 「letters」45-51; Google Books: Online Library of Free eBooks.
Mr. B. M. F. impressed these notions upon my mind early in life and I shall ever entertain them. There is not part of the world wherein unfortunate women and animals are treated with so much barbarity, as in England. (51)
John Bowyer Nicholos, “Benjamin Meggott Forster,” Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons 「Google Books」, vol. 8 (London, 1858) 554-556; Google Books: Online Library of Free eBooks.
Mr. B. M Forster was highly benevolent, proud, just, and affectionate, and had a remarkable attachment to young children.…He was an early advocate for the abolition of Slavery, for abolishing Capital Punishments; for suppressing Cruelty to animals; for affording Relief to the Destitute; for suppressing the Abuse of Anatomy in Hospitals, &c. (553)
