Forbes
Forbes names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
Forbes forbz, Archibald (1838-1900)
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
forbz, Archibald (1838-1900), a noted English journalist. He was born in Scotland and died at London. When a young man he served in the Royal Dragoons. In 1864 he joined the staff of the London Daily News as a war correspondent. He followed the progress of the German army during the Franco-Prussian War , making a reputation not only for the character of his correspondence, but his energy and ingenuity in getting his reports in from the field of battle. He was sent to India in 1874 to report the famine, and accompanied the Prince of Wales in the following year in a tour of that country. The Servian War of 1876, the war between Russia and Turkey in 1877, the revolution in Cyprus in 1878, the Afghanistan campaign of 1879, and operations in Zululand occupied a busy pen. He has written a number of works, the most noted of which is perhaps Memories and Studies of War and Peace, which appeared in 1896.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ARCHIBALD, a British journalist; born in Morayshire, Scotland, in 1838; was educated at the University of Aberdeen. When the Franco- Prussian War broke out the London "Daily News" sent him to the front as war correspondent, in which capacity he impressed on his work a new and dis. tinctive character and style. In 1875 he was sent to report the incidents of the Indian tour of the Prince of Wales. Subsequently he watched the course of events in Servia; described the war with Turkey; and went to India to report the Afghan War, and to South Africa for the Zulu War. Afterward he revised his letters and reports, and recast them into historical narratives of the various campaigns. He died in London, March 29, 1900.
Forbes WILLIAM CAMERON, an American public official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM CAMERON, an American public official, born in Milton, Mass., in 1870. He graduated from Harvard in 1892, and entered the bank ing business, becoming a partner in the banking firm of J. M. Forbes & Co. From 1904 to 1908 he was a member of the Philippine Commission and secretary of commerce and police in the government of the Philippine Islands. He was successively vice-governor and governorgeneral, resigning the latter position in 1913.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Aiton's (1910) and Collier's (1921) accounts of Archibald Forbes still stand: he died in London in 1900, and he is remembered chiefly as the man who created the modern war-correspondent's dash, including his hard ride from Ulundi in 1879 to be first with news of the Zulu defeat. The William Cameron Forbes entry, however, stops in mid-career. After Collier's wrote in 1921 he returned to Manila that same year at the head of the Wood-Forbes mission reviewing American rule, chaired the 1930 commission on the United States occupation of Haiti, and served as ambassador to Japan from 1930 to 1932; he died in 1959, aged 89.
Written for this edition, 2026.