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The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense is a standing subcommittee within the United States House Committee on Appropriations.The United States House Committee on Appropriations has joint jurisdiction with the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations over all appropriations bills in the United States Congress. [1]
John Forbes (born October 21, 1956) is an American politician. A Democrat , he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2013 to 2025. As of May 2013 [update] , Forbes serves on several committees in the Iowa House – the Commerce, Local Government, Transportation, and Ways and Means committees.
John Forbes, drawing by John Partridge. Sir John Forbes FRCP FRS (17 December 1787 – 13 November 1861) was a Scottish physician, famous for his translation of the classic French medical text De L'Auscultation Mediate [1] by René Laennec, the inventor of the stethoscope. He was physician to Queen Victoria 1841–61.
Alicia Esther Nash (née Lardé Lopez-Harrison [a]; January 1, 1933 – May 23, 2015) was a Salvadoran-American physicist.The wife of mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr., she was a mental-health care advocate, who gave up her professional aspirations to support her husband and son, who were both diagnosed with schizophrenia.
James Innerarity (left; 1777–1847) and his brother John (right; 1783–1854) took control of Forbes & Company after John Forbes retired in 1817. Both men became prominent U.S. citizens and lived in Pensacola or Mobile for most of their lives. John Forbes had attempted to generate a profit for his firm by selling land to settlers.
John Forbes Nash Jr. was born on June 13, 1928, in Bluefield, West Virginia. His father and namesake, John Forbes Nash Sr., was an electrical engineer for the Appalachian Electric Power Company. His mother, Margaret Virginia (née Martin) Nash, had been a schoolteacher before she was married. He was baptized in the Episcopal Church. [7]
John Forbes, 6th Lord Forbes (died 1547) was a Scottish landowner. He was the son of William Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes and Christian Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly . He became Lord Forbes after the death of his brother Arthur in 1493.
When John turned 21, a party was held, and a cairn made on Lonach Hill in the Strathdon area in 1822, to celebrate. Further commemoration from 1823 led to the traditions of the Lonach Gathering . Cairn on Lonach Hill, Aberdeenshire , commemorating the 21st birthday of John Forbes (1801–1840)