Robert Forbes may refer to:
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Robert Forbes (American football)
Robert Wilson Forbes (November 2, 1882 – July 6, 1947) was an American college football player and coach. He was a first-team All-American end for Yale University in 1906 and was the recipient of one of the most significant passes in the first ...
(1886–1947), American football player and coach
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Robert Forbes (bishop)
Robert Forbes (1708–1775) was a Scottish historian and bishop of the Non-juring Scottish Episcopal Church. John Lorne Campbell has described Forbes as, "an Episcopalian clergyman and ardent Jacobite who later became bishop of Ross and Cai ...
(1708–1775), Scottish Episcopal bishop of Ross and Caithness
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Robert Bennet Forbes
Robert Bennet Forbes (September 18, 1804 – November 23, 1889), was an American sea captain, China merchant and ship owner. He was active in ship construction, maritime safety, the opium trade, and charitable activities, including food aid to I ...
(1804–1889), sea captain, China merchant, ship owner, and writer
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Robert Jacobus Forbes
Robert Jacobus Forbes or Robert James Forbes (21 April 1900, Breda – 13 January 1973, Haarlem) was a Dutch chemist and historian of science and professor in the history of applied science and technology at the University of Amsterdam.
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(1900–1973), historian of science
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Robert Pierce Forbes
Robert Pierce Forbes (born April 27, 1958) is an American historian specializing in the politics and culture of the early American Republic, and the impact of slavery on the development of American institutions and modern society.
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(born 1958), American historian
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Robert C. Forbes (1917–2002), U.S. Army general
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