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FORBIN, CLAUDE DE (1656—1733)

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

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