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Authorised form of nameMacbean; Forbes (1725 - 1800)
Dates1725 - 1800
Date of birth1725
Place of deathHis residence at Woolwich Common, London
Date of death11 November 1800
OccupationSoldier
ActivityEducation:
Royal Military Academy, Woolwch (1743-1745)
Career:
Served in Low Countries, Scotland (1745), Portugal (1760), commanded a acompany of artillery in Canada (1769-1773); Lieutenant General (1798)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/11/1786
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA6552
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1786/19Macbean, Forbes: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/1/3Letter from Forbes Macbean, Woolwich, to Sir Joseph Banks [President of the Royal Society] and Gentlemen of the Council 4 April 1800
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
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