Jean Édouard Desor Asterias forbesi - the Forbes Sea star. Notes References External links Pictures and texts of Excursions et séjours dans les glaciers et les hautes régions des Alpes, de M. Agassis et de ses compagnons de voyage by Edouard Desord can be found in the database VIATIMAGES. 1811 births 1882 deaths People from Friedrichsdorf People from the Grand Duchy of Hesse 19th-century Swiss geologists Swiss mountain climbers German emigrants to Switzerland Members of the American Antiquarian Society