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George Lawrence Forbes (born April 4, 1931) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. From 1974 to 1989, Forbes served as president of the Cleveland City Council . He is the former President of the Cleveland NAACP and is semi-retired from practicing law.
In 1880, George Forbes was the first to postulate the existence of trans-Neptunian planets that were somewhat similar to the hypothetical Planet Nine in the far outer Solar System. In his model the planet had a semi-major axis of ~300 AU, and he based locations from clustering of the aphelion distances of periodic comets.
George Forbes (scientist) (1849–1936), Scottish electrical engineer, astronomer, and inventor George Forbes (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1964), centre half for Blackburn Rovers and Barrow George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard (1685–1765), Anglo-Irish naval commander and diplomatist
Forbes eventually sold the livestock auction business to John Swan PLC in 1999. [1] In the 1980s, Forbes was invited to join the board of directors of Newcastle United F.C. as it aimed to appease fan discontent by appointing a number of local businessmen. Forbes was a Newcastle United supporter from his early years and attended games throughout ...
George W. Forbes (1864-1927) was an American journalist who advocated for African-American civil rights in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for co-founding the Boston Guardian, an African-American newspaper in which he and William Monroe Trotter published editorials excoriating Booker T. Washington for his accommodationist approach to race relations.
Forbes was born on 14 June 1760 and was educated at Armagh. He was the eldest son of George Forbes, 5th Earl of Granard , by his first wife, Dorothea Bayly, second daughter of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet , of the Isle of Anglesea , and great-grandson of Admiral George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard .
George John Forbes, Viscount Forbes (3 May 1785–14 November 1836) was an Irish aristocrat who represented County Longford in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1832, and 1833 to his death in 1836. Early life
Lady Augusta Forbes, who married Lt.-Gen. Sir James Leith of Leith Hall in 1798. [4] Lady Louisa Georgiana Forbes (1779–1830), who married Sir William Call, 2nd Baronet of Whiteford in 1806. [4] Lady Elizabeth Forbes (d. 1843) [4] Upon his death on 15 April 1780, he was succeeded in his title by his eldest son from his first marriage, George ...