FORBES, WILLIAM CAMERON

1870–1959, American business executive and diplomat, b. Milton, Mass. He entered the mercantile house of his grandfather, John Murray Forbes, in Boston and was a partner in the firm after 1899. Appointed (1904) to the Philippine Commission by President Theodore Roosevelt, he held several administrative posts there before he served (1909–13) as governor-general of the islands. He was a member of the Wood-Forbes Commission, which was sent (1921) by President Harding to the Philippines. He was later (1930) chairman of a commission to study conditions in Haiti, served (1931–32) as ambassador to Japan at the time of the Manchurian crisis, and led (1935) an economic mission to East Asia.

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Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-93
Book by J. Forbes Munro; Boydell Press, 2003
Subjects: Shipping--Scotland--History--19th Century, Steamboat Lines--Scotland--History--19th Century
...most of the spadework against William, as well as two of the liquidators...G.A. Jamieson and John Cameron. James Hall was also called...until Wednesday 18 June that William Mackinnon took the stand to...yesterday, Wyllie Guild wrote to William, - it was the one thing wanting...
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William James and the Metaphysics of Experience
Book by David C. Lamberth; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Experience (Religion), James, William--1842-1910--Contributions In Concept Of Religious Experience
...1907, Correspondence of William James, vol. in, p. 344...the letter fromJames to W. Cameron Forbes, 11 June 1907, Letters of William James, vol. n, p. 289...1907, James, Letters of William James, vol. n, P. 299...
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William Jennings Bryan - Vol. 2
Book by Paolo E. Coletta; University of Nebraska Press, 1964
Subjects: Bryan, William Jennings--1860-1925
...25 , 32 , 34 , 41 , 89 , 111 Forbes, W. Cameron 212 Ford, Henry Jones, 113...329 , 330 , 342 , 353 Gaynor, William, 25 , 26 , 55 General Board of...56 , 139 , 141 , 143 Gonzales, William, 113 Goodnow, Dr. Frank J...
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The Life and Times of William Howard Taft: A Biography - Vol. 1
Book by Henry F. Pringle; Farrar & Rinehart, 1939
Subjects: Judges--United States--Biography, Presidents--United States--Biography, Taft, William H--(William Howard)--1857-1930
...with President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University as chair ____________________ 31 Forbes W. Cameron, The Philippine Islands , Vol. I, pp. 52-60. 32 Ibid ., Vol. I, pp. 82-95.
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William Jennings Bryan - Vol. 1
Book by Paolo E. Coletta; University of Nebraska Press, 1964
Subjects: Bryan, William Jennings--1860-1925
...Arbor: 1956 . FONER, PHILIP S. History of the Labor Movement in the United States 2 vols.; New York: 1955 . FORBES, W. CAMERON. The Philippine Islands 2 vols.; Boston: 1928 . FORD, H. J. The Cleveland Era New Haven: 1921 . GABRIEL...
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journal articles on: Forbes William Cameron  - 64 results

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"Artists Sometimes Have Feelings"
Journal article by Richard Meyer; Art Journal, Vol. 67, 2008
Subjects: Art museum directors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Artists--Works, Arts, Renaissance--Exhibitions, Degas, Edgar--Works, Forbes, Edward--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Harvard University. Fogg Art Museum--Officials and employees, Harvard University. Fogg Art Museum--Services, Renaissance arts--Exhibitions
...American art. (5) Though Forbes reluctantly accepted...I have returned to Forbes and the Fogg Museum circa...study, to paraphrase Forbes, of the work of men...Jonas, Isaac Julien, William Kentridge, Pipilotti...Ulrich Olbrist, Dan Cameron, or, in McCarthys case...
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How Does Public Management Affect Government Performance? Findings from International Research
Journal article by Melissa Forbes, Laurence E. Lynn Jr.; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 15, 2005
Subjects: Public administration--Forecasts and trends, Social reform--Analysis
...Stassen, Marjorie, and Sheila Cameron. 2003. Nurses job satisfaction...University Press. Niskanen, William. 1971. Bureaucracy and representative...Press. Weingast, Barry, and William J. Marshall. 1988. The industrial...MA: MIT Press. Melissa Forbes University of Michigan Laurence...
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How the Twentieth Century Saw the Shakespeare Film: "is It Shakespeare?"
Journal article by Kenneth S. Rothwell; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 29, 2001
Subjects: Literary criticism, Motion picture criticism, Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
...ambitious movie, designed by William Cameron Menzies of The Thief...Universitys Professor William B. Strunk, author along...information that Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson starred in...In a similar vein, William P. Shaw deplores the...
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When the People Spoke, What Did They Say? the Election of 1936 and the Ackerman Thesis
Journal article by William E. Leuchtenburg; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 108, 1999
Subjects: Ackerman, Bruce--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Constitutional history--Analysis, Constitutional law--Political aspects, Elections--History, We the People, vol. 2, Transformations (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...through poor districts going to Forbes Field--Streets lined five...the renowned Kansas editor, William Allen White: Why isnt the...29.) Id.; see also 2 WILLIAM T. HUTCHINSON, LOWDEN OF...Senator Arthur Vandenberg to William D. Mitchell (June 13, 1935...
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The Regulation of Alcohol and Other Drugs in a Colonial Context: United States Policy towards the Philippines, C. 1898-1910
Journal article by Ian Tyrrell; Contemporary Drug Problems, Vol. 35, 2008
Subjects: Alcohol use, Colonies & territories, Conferences, Conventions, Religious missions, Spanish-American War, United States
...corresponded with Philippines Governor William Howard Taft and "publicly expressed...Philippine Commission official, William Cameron Forbes, served as Governor General 1909...missionary agitation in China. Dr William H. Park, an American medical...
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Classics, Sequels, Noir, and Guilty Pleasures
Magazine article by Robert S. Rothenberg; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, January 2002
Subjects: DVDs (Digital videodisks)--Prices and rates, Digital video disk--Prices and rates, Video recording industry--Product information
...of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst...mainly a surfeit of James Cameron, with the writer...scenes are resurrected. Cameron may have been on "top...crafted by director Bryan Forbes and screenwriter William Goldman. Too bright...
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Mad Poets Society: McLean Hospital, in Massachusetts, Was for Years America's Most Literary Mental Institution, a Place That Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, and Anne Sexton Knew Well
Magazine article by Alex Beam; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, July 2001
Subjects: American writers, Lowell, Robert, Plath, Sylvia, Psychiatric facilities, Sexton, Anne
...McLean insist that the father of American psychology, William James, was a patient there, although there is little...classical moulding on a mantelpiece, she will say, "Thats Cameron Forbes, the ambassador to Japan," or begin a dinner conversation...
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The Mad Poets Society - McLean Hospital, in Massachusetts, Was for Years America's Most Literary Mental Institution, a Place That Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, and Anne Sexton Knew Well
Magazine article by Alex Beam; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, July 2001
Subjects: Hospitals, Lowell, Robert--Behavior, Massachusetts, McLean Hospital (Belmont, Massachusetts)--Management, Plath, Sylvia--Behavior, Psychiatric hospitals--Management, Psychotherapy patients--Behavior, Sexton, Anne--Behavior
...McLean insist that the father of American psychology, William James, was a patient there, although there is little...classical moulding on a mantelpiece, she will say, "Thats Cameron Forbes, the ambassador to Japan," or begin a dinner conversation...
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The Historian of Crime: Richard Whittington-Egan
Magazine article by Stephen Wade; Contemporary Review, Vol. 292, Winter 2010
Subjects: Authors--Biography, Whittington-Egan, Richard--Biography, Writers--Biography
...his favourite writers, William Roughead, who was a...be seen in his book on William Roughead. Here he provides...law. In that work, William Rougheads Chronicles of Murder, as John Cameron, the Scottish Law Lord...including biographies of Dr Forbes Winslow and Frank Miles...
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John Muir Society
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 86, May 2001
Subjects: Environmental associations--Membership, Environmentalists--Associations and societies, Sierra Club--Membership
...Gerald Sandra Eskin William Esler Anne E. Evans...Leah Fontaine Cynthia Forbes Herta Forster Kay Tuck...Hallowell Mr. Mrs. William R. Hambrecht Alice...Frances Macllwinen Cameron K. Mackey Mr. Mrs. William K. Mackey William...
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newspaper articles on: Forbes William Cameron  - 71 results

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Saved or Scuppered? A Year on from the Government's Spending Review, Political Editor WILLIAM GREEN Assesses Its Impact
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), October 21, 2011
Subjects: Expenditures, Public--Economic aspects, Public expenditures--Economic aspects
...Governments Spending Review, Political Editor WILLIAM GREEN Assesses Its Impact. THE case for...a business in the North East." Nick Forbes, Labour leader of Newcastle City Council...effectively a mini-budget. Last week, Mr Cameron conceded the Government had to "do more...
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{Bundaberg's Honour Roll} {Bundaberg's Honour Roll} {Bundaberg's Honour Roll} {Bundaberg's Honour Roll} {Bundaberg's Honour Roll}
Newspaper article; The NewsMail (Bundaberg, Australia), April 25, 2009
Subjects: Henry, William
...action in 1916 BUZZA David William, from Biggenden was...Prisoner Of War 1918 CAMERON Allan John, from Bundaberg...action in 1916 PASCOE William Henry, from Bundaberg...in 1916 PATTEN Murray Forbes Dixie, from Bundaberg...action in 1917 PATTERSON William Ernest, from Bundaberg...
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President Unveils 2 Centennial Markers of Mansion House
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 31, 2008
...Mansion House was constructed at the instance of then Deputy Governor General of the Philippines William Cameron Forbes. It was designed by William A. Parsons as part of the plan of Daniel Burnham for Baguio City in 1908 and inspired by the City...
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Honor Rolls Millburn Central
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 4, 2009
...Allison Howe, Syed Hussain, William Kellerhals, Emily LaRue, William Liu, Ellyson Martens, Jaime...Kimberly Fernandez, Dallan Forbes, Cameron Graves, Samantha Green...Melberg, Daniel Miller, William Morris, Nicholas Morrissey...
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Honor Rolls
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 27, 2009
...Danielle Blanchard, Cameron Bodie, Meagan...Jenny Santander, William Schwerdtmann...Brian Quach, Cameron Rathjen, Collin...Fluckey, Colin Forbes, Nicholas Franchek...Tyler Epstein, William Ericsson, Cameron Eriksen, Joshua...
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encyclopedia articles on: Forbes William Cameron  - 4 results

 
 
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Forbes, William Cameron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FORBES, WILLIAM CAMERON 1870 1959, American business executive...house of his grandfather, John Murray Forbes, in Boston and was a partner in the...islands. He was a member of the Wood-Forbes Commission, which was sent (1921...
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Civil War , in U.S. History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...proslavery utterances of William L. Yancey , one of the...Oct. 8, 1862). William S. Rosecrans , Buells...successor to Simon Cameron , the overall administration...the scene and, with William T. Sherman , Hooker...Comrades (1997); E. Forbes, Thirty Years After...
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Pennsylvania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in payment of a royal debt, William Penn was granted proprietary...and freedom. In 1681 he sent William Markham as his deputy to establish...American forces under Gen. John Forbes. The power of the Native Americans...that had been built by Simon Cameron continued into the 20th cent...
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...literature. Life The writers father, William Emerson, a descendant of New England...of Emersons works, and, with W. E. Forbes, of the Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson...Porte (1966, repr. 1979), K. W. Cameron, ed. (1967), S. E. Whicher (2d...


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