Edward W. Forbes
| Edward W. Forbes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Edward Waldo Forbes July 16, 1873 Naushon Island, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 11, 1969 (aged 95) McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Milton Academy |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Laighton |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) |
William Hathaway Forbes Edith Emerson Forbes |
| Relatives |
John Murray Forbes (paternal grandfather) Robert Bennet Forbes (paternal great-uncle) William Emerson (maternal great-grandfather) Ralph Waldo Emerson (maternal grandfather) William Cameron Forbes (brother) |
Edward W. Forbes (1873-1969) was an American art historian. He was the Director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University from 1909 to 1944.
Edward Waldo Forbes was born on July 16, 1873 on Naushon Island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts. His father, William Hathaway Forbes, was a co-founder of the Bell Telephone Company with Alexander Graham Bell. His mother, Edith Emerson Forbes, was the daughter of poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. His paternal grandfather, John Murray Forbes, was a French-born railroad magnate, merchant, and abolitionist. His brother, William Cameron Forbes, went on to serve as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1930 to 1932.
Forbes was educated at the Milton Academy, a boarding school in Milton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1895. While he was at Harvard, he attended art history lectures by Charles Eliot Norton. Forbes traveled to Europe in 1908, where he studied Italian paitings. He attended the University of Oxford, studying English Literature from 1900 to 1902.
Forbes co-founded the Harvard River Associates in 1902 with Robert Bacon, James Abercrombie Burden, Jr., Augustus Hemenway and Thomas Nelson Perkins. The real estate venture consisted in acquiring land between the Harvard Yard and the Charles River for US$400,000 to preserve the beauty of the area near the Harvard campus remained "collegiate". Subsequently, the land became part of the campus in its expansion.
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