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Alexander Forbes Group Holdings, commonly referred to as Alexforbes is a diversified financial services organisation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The company is headquartered in Johannesburg , South Africa , with a presence in two other countries on the African continent : Namibia and Botswana and in the Channel Islands through an offshore Jersey operation.
Alexander Forbes (May 14, 1882 – March 27, 1965) was an American electrophysiologist, neurophysiologist, and professor of physiology at Harvard Medical School. [1] He "had an enormous impact on the physiology and neuroscience of the twentieth century."
Alexander Forbes (neurophysiologist) (1882–1965), American neurophysiologist and medical school professor Alex Forbes (1925–2014), Scottish football player (Arsenal, Scotland) Alex S. Forbes (fl. 1928–1935), Scottish football player
Alexander Rooney Forbes (21 January 1925 – 28 July 2014) was a Scottish football player and manager. Playing career. Forbes was born in Dundee. [3]
Alexander Forbes Irvine Forbes (13 April 1871 – 15 May 1959) was a South African astronomer, architect and artist, best known for his discovery of periodic comets.
Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes (died 1491), was the eldest son of William, 3rd Lord Forbes, and succeeded his father in or before 1483.. The gift of the fine payable to the crown on his marriage was acquired by Margaret, Lady Dirleton, who wished him to marry her own daughter, Margaret Ker.
Alexander de Forbes fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, and appears among the Scottish forces sent to the assistance of Charles, Dauphin of France, afterwards King Charles VII, and had a share in the victory obtained over the English at Beaugé, in Anjou, on 22 March 1421.
Alexander Forbes (1778–1862) was a 19th-century Scottish merchant, explorer, and author. His book California: A History of Upper and Lower California, published in 1839, is perhaps the first full account in English of California. [1] He is the brother of distinguished Scottish physician Sir John Forbes. [2]