Robert Humphrey Forbes

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Robert Humphrey Forbes also in the name variant Robert H. Forbes (born May 15, 1867 in Cobden , Union County , Illinois , † April 26, 1968 in Tucson , Pima County , Arizona ) was an American agronomist .

Life

Family and education

Robert Humphrey Forbes, the eldest of four children of teacher , farmer and Civil War veteran Henry Clinton Forbes (1833-1903) and his wife Laura Jane Gorham (1835-1907), who was born near the village of Cobden in the state of Illinois , turned to attending public schools to study chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1892 and a Master of Science degree in 1897 . In addition, Forbes business 1893-1894 advanced study and research at the University of California, Berkeley , there took place in 1916 his promotion to the Ph. D.

Robert Humphrey Forbes married Georgie Hazel Scott (1873-1946) on June 16, 1902. The marriage remained childless. Robert Humphrey Forbes, who resided on Olive Road, Tucson, died on April 26, 1968, three weeks before he would have turned 101. He was buried in the Evergreen Memorial Park .

Professional career

Robert Humphrey Forbes was appointed an Instructor in Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1891 . After studying at Harvard University, he took on the position of Professor of Chemistry at the University of Arizona, which he filled until 1899. In addition, he was entrusted with the position of chemist at the Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station in Tucson, whose direction he was made in 1899. Forbes, who since 1912 also held the position of Director of Agricultural Instruction at the University of Arizona, was elected Dean of the College of Agriculture there in 1915 . He has also served as Secretary of the Arizona Commission of Agriculture and Horticulture since 1909 .

In 1918 Robert Humphrey Forbes moved to Cairo in Egypt as an agronomist on behalf of the Societe Sultanienne d 'Agriculture . From 1922 Forbes served as Chief Engineer of the Etudes Agronomiques Mission Niger and Technology Counsel of the Office du Niger in French West Africa . In addition, from 1927 to 1929 he was in charge of the Experiment Stations of the Service Technique d'Haiti . On his return to the United States in 1938, he was elected to the Arizona State Assembly, and in 1954 he was ceremonially adopted into retirement.

Robert Humphrey Forbes, who was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Arizona in 1925 and was the first known white man to climb Baboquoviari Peak in Arizona, sacred mountain of the Papago Indians, stepped into his field with treatises in particular on soil chemistry, water supply , date palm cultures , the toxic effects of copper on crops and cotton cultivation in Egypt, French West Africa and Haiti .

Fonts

  • Salt River Valley soils, In: Bulletin (University of Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station), no.28, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., 1898
  • Experimental work with sugar-beets during 1900, in: Bulletin (University of Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station), no. 36., University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., 1901
  • Irrigating sediments and their effects upon crops, in: Bulletin (University of Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station), no.53, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., 1906
  • Irrigation in Arizona, in: Bulletin (United States. Office of Experiment Stations), no.235, GPO, Washington, DC, 1911
  • together with Oscar Edward Meinzer, FC Kelton: Geology and water resources of Sulfur Spring valley, Arizona, in: Water-supply paper (Washington, DC), no. 320., Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1913
  • Certain effects under irrigation of copper compounds upon crops, in: University of California publications in agricultural sciences, v. 1, no.12, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1917
  • together with AT Schwennesen: Ground water in San Simon Valley, Arizona and New Mexico, in: Contributions to the hydrology of the United States, 1917 .; Water-supply paper (Washington, DC), 425-A., US Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1917
  • The Penningtons, pioneers of early Arizona; a historical sketch, New Era Print. Co., Lancaster, Pa., 1919
  • Crabb's filibustering expedition into Sonora, 1857, Arizona Silhouettes, Tucson, 1952
  • The expanding Sahara, in: Physical science bulletin (University of Arizona), no.3, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1958

literature

  • Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society: The journal of Arizona history. : volume V, Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, Tucson, Ariz., 1964, p. 46.
  • National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Convention: Proceedings of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges ... annual Convention, volume 82-86, The Association, Washington, DC, 1968, pp. 164, 165.
  • Who was who in America. : volume V, 1969-1973 with world notables , Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ, 1973, p. 241.
  • Charles C. Colley: Robert Humphrey Forbes of Arizona: the frontiers of arid lands agriculture, Thesis (Ph. D.), Arizona State University, Tucson, 1975
  • Charles C. Colley: The century of Robert H. Forbes: the career of a pioneer agriculturist, agronomist, environmentalist, conservationist, and water specialist in Arizona and abroad, in: Historical monograph (Arizona Historical Society), no. 6., Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, 1977
  • David Shavit: The United States in the Middle East: a historical dictionary, Greenwood Press, New York, 1988, p. 122.
  • Dan L. Thrapp: Encyclopedia of frontier biography: AF, AH Clark Co., Glendale, Calif., 1991, p. 506. Google books

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SURNAME Forbes, Robert Humphrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forbes, Robert H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American agronomist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Cobden , Union County , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1968
Place of death Tucson , Pima County , Arizona