Bertie Charles Forbes

Bertie Charles Forbes was an American journalist, entrepreneur, writer, editor and publisher (1880–1954). He was born at New Deer and died at New York City.

Also recorded as B. C. Forbes.

Bertie Charles Forbes in brief

Born
1880
Died
1954
Known for
journalist, entrepreneur, writer, editor and publisher
Place of birth
New Deer
Contents

Catalogued works

8 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1865 to 1937.

Men Who Are Making America. Keys To Success. The Obelisk, Presented to the city of New York by the Khedive of Egypt, and erected in Central Park, the 9th of October, 1880, dated ca. 1880, lithograph, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 68.702. The New English Art-Pottery: Doulton Ware and Lambeth Faience, dated [1876], illustrations: wood engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 38.100.3. Alexander N. Fullerton, dated 1865, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1898.236. Sketches of Four Male Torsos, dated 1919, brown colored pencil and red crayon on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.5582. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7, dated Aug 1903 - Jul 1904, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Forbes, Charles Stuart, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Montalambert, Charles Forbes René de, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Forbes, Sir Charles (1774–1849), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Charles Douglas Forbes, BMJ, 2017. Forbes, Sir Charles Morton (1880–1960), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Personalizing the treatment of women with early breast cancer: highlights of the St Gallen International Expert Consensus on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2013, Annals of Oncology, 2013. Depressive symptoms and cognitive decline in older adults, International Psychogeriatrics, 2024. Global evolution of inflammatory bowel disease across epidemiologic stages, Nature, 2025. Autologous macrophage therapy for liver cirrhosis: a phase 2 open-label randomized controlled trial, Nature Medicine, 2025. Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression., New England Journal of Medicine, 2022. Cholangiocytes act as Facultative Liver Stem Cells during Impaired Hepatocyte Regeneration, Nature, 2017. A comparative study of the gut microbiota in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases—does a common dysbiosis exist?, Microbiome, 2018. Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2, New England Journal of Medicine, 2020.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 23 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1865Alexander N. Fullerton (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  2. 1876The New English Art-Pottery: Doulton Ware and Lambeth Faience (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 1880Bertie Charles Forbes born at New Deer.
  4. 1880The Obelisk, Presented to the city of New York by the Khedive of Egypt, and erected in Central Park, the 9th of October, 1880 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  5. 1919Sketches of Four Male Torsos (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  6. 1954Bertie Charles Forbes died at New York City.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Bertie Charles Forbes (Internet Archive), 2 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Bertie Charles Forbes.

    scholarly index · Unverified

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  3. 3.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Bertie Charles Forbes.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  4. 4.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Bertie Charles Forbes (3 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  5. 5.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Bertie Charles Forbes.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q718435: Bertie Charles Forbes

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  7. 7.

    “B. C. Forbes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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