After finishing the elementary school Charles attended the Ray School in Southborough , Massachusetts from 1895 to 1897 and afterwards the high school at National City , California . In 1904 , he joined the University of California where he graduated to Bachelor of Science in 1908 . While being an undergraduate he worked as a cadet for the emergency service during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . During his senior year , on December 30 , 1907 , in Cedar Cañon , San Diego County , California , Forbes discovered a new species of cypress tree . In 1922 , Willis Linn Jepson , then a full Professor at the University and President of the California Botanical Society , named the new species '' Cupressus forbesii '' , in memory of his former student , Forbes . The species has recently been reclassified as '' Hesperocyparis forbesii ''
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Charles Noyes Forbes