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CLAUDE DE FORBIN (1656—1733)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 639 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLAUDE DE
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FORBIN (1656—1733)  ,
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French
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naval
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commander, was
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born in
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Provence, of a
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family of high
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standing, in 1656 . High-spirited and ungovernable in his boyhood, he ran away from his
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home, and through the
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influence of an
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uncle entered the
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navy, serving his first
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campaign in 1675 . For a
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short
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time he quitted the navy and entered the
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army, but soon returned to his first choice . He made under D'Estreesthe
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American campaign, and under
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Duquesne, that of
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Algiers in 1683, on all occasions See
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Forbes's
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Life and Letters, by
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Principal
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Shairp,
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Professor P . G. distinguishing himself by his impetuous courage . The most
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Tait and A .
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Adams-Reilly (1873); Professor Forbes and his Bio-remarkable
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episode of his life was his
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mission to
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Siam . During graphers, by J .

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