John Forbes
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John Forbes may refer to:
- John Forbes (preacher)John Forbes (preacher)-Life:He was born about 1568, was educated at the university of St. Andrews, where he took the degree of M.A. in 1583, and was ordained minister of Alford, Aberdeenshire in 1593. When the proceedings of the synods of Aberdeen and Moray against George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly were interfered...
(1568?-1634) - John Forbes (friar)John Forbes (friar)John Forbes , was a Capuchin friar, known as Father Archangel, born in Scotland in 1571.Forbes was the second son of John Forbes, 8th Lord Forbes, by his first wife, the Lady Margaret Gordon, eldest daughter of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, the leader of the Scottish Catholics at the time of...
(1571-1606) - John Forbes (theologian)John Forbes (theologian)John Forbes of Corse was a Scottish minister and theologian, one of the Aberdeen doctors, noted for his eirenic approach in church polity and opposition to the National Covenant.-Life:...
(died 1648), Scottish theologian; one of the six "Aberdeen doctors" - John Forbes (publisher) (died 1665), Scottish musicMusic of ScotlandScotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which has remained vibrant throughout the 20th century, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music...
publisher; published first printed secular music in Scotland - John Forbes (politician) (c. 1673–1734), Scottish member of the British Parliament for Inverness-shireInverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)Inverness-shire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1918....
, 1715–1722 - John Forbes (British Army officer) (1710–1759), British General in the French and Indian War
- John Forbes (Royal Navy officer) (1714–1796), British Admiral and politician
- John Forbes (general in the Portuguese service)John Forbes (general in the Portuguese service)John Forbes , of Skelater, usually known as Forbes-Skelater, was a Scottish general in the Portuguese service.-Life:Forbes was the only son of Patrick Forbes of Skelater in Aberdeenshire, a branch of the Forbes of Corse. He entered the army when a boy of fifteen as a volunteer at the siege of...
(1733-1808) - John Forbes (clergyman)John Forbes (clergyman)John Forbes was a clergyman and magistrate in East Florida. He was born in Strathdon, Scotland, the son of Archibald Forbes of Deskrie, Scotland ....
(1740–1783), Scottish clergyman - John Hay ForbesJohn Hay ForbesJohn Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn was a Scottish judge.-Life:Forbes was the second son of Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet, and was born at Edinburgh. He was admitted advocate in 1799, was for some time sheriff-depute of Perthshire, and was made lord of session in January 1825, when he assumed the...
(1776–1854), Scottish judge - John Forbes (physician)John Forbes (physician)Sir John Forbes FRCP FRS was a distinguished Scottish physician, famous for his translation of the classic French medical text, De L'Auscultation Mediate by René Laennec, the inventor of the stethoscope...
(1787–1861), Scottish physician - John Forbes (architect)John Forbes (architect)John B. Forbes was an architect in Cheltenham.He designed the Pittville Pump Room for Joseph Pitt and St Paul's Church . In 1835 he was convicted of forgery, having attempted to get out of financial difficulties by fraud: a sentence of transportation was commuted to a short prison term, but his...
(born ca. 1795), British architect - John Forbes (botanist)John Forbes (botanist)John Forbes, M.D. was an English botanist.Forbes was born in 1799, and became a pupil of John Shepherd of the Liverpool botanic garden...
(1799–1823) - John Murray ForbesJohn Murray ForbesJohn Murray Forbes was an American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist. He was president of both the Michigan Central railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the 1850s....
(1813–1898), American banker and railroad president - John Forbes (poet)John Forbes (poet)-Life:John Forbes was born in Melbourne, Australia, but during his childhood his family lived in northern Queensland, Malaya and New Guinea. He went to Sydney University and his circle of friends included the poets Robert Adamson, Martin Johnston, and John Tranter...
(1950–1998), Australian poet - John Morrison ForbesJohn Morrison ForbesVice Admiral Sir John Morrison Forbes KCB is a former Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.-Naval career:Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Forbes was appointed Second-in-Command and Operational Commander of the Royal Malaysian Navy in 1966...
(born 1925), British Admiral - John Forbes (sailor)John Forbes (sailor)John Forbes is an Australian sailor.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
(born 1970)