Background
Forbes, George Shannon was born on March 17, 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Fairfield and Elizabeth Lemmon Prentice (Shannon) Forbes.
Forbes, George Shannon was born on March 17, 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Fairfield and Elizabeth Lemmon Prentice (Shannon) Forbes.
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Harvard, 1902, Master of Arts, 1904, Doctor of Philosophy, 1905. John Harvard fellow, university of Leipzig and Berlin, 1906-1907.
In chemistry, Bryn Mawr, 1907-1909. Instructor chemistry, 1909-1913, assistant, professor, 1913-1920. associate professor, 1920-1926, professor (Harvard), 1926-1948, professor emeritus since 1948. Professor (part time) Northeastern University, 1948-1949.
Chairman of Department of Chemistry, 1944-1947, Harvard.
Member Associates of Radcliffe College, 1917-1920. Member of committee on photochemistry National. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Chemical Society (chairman northeastern section, 1920, councilor, 1920-1925 and 1931-1933.
Married Marie Louise Hersey, June 1, 1918. Children: Richard West., Elizabeth South., George F. Associate.