Background
Forbes, Edgar Allen was born on September 25, 1872 in near Gainesville, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas Vanburen and Eliza (Black) Forbes.
Forbes, Edgar Allen was born on September 25, 1872 in near Gainesville, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas Vanburen and Eliza (Black) Forbes.
Educated Beloit (Kansas) High School. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Kentucky School of Medicine, and Medical Department, Kentucky University.
Managing editor Mining Magazine and of The American Exporter, 1904-1905, and of The World’s Work, 1906-1910, of Leslie’s Weekly, 1913-1914. Secretary California Development Board, 1914-1915. Secretary State Commission Market of California, 1915-1918, associate editor of Leslie’s Weekly, 1919-1920.
Director Oriental and Round the World Tours of Thos. Cook & Son, 1920-1923, Around the World Productions, since 1923. Private 1st Kentucky Infantry, 1898, Porto Rican campaign.
Author: The Land of the White Helmet, 1910. Twice Around the World, 1912. The Voyage of Your Dreams, 1922.
Associate Editor: Photographic History of the Civil War, 10 vols., 1911. Editor: Leslie’s Photographic Review of the Great War, 1919.*‡.
Married Alice Schlueb, June 9, 1916.