# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/archibald-forbes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:24:27.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/archibald-forbes"
name: "Archibald Forbes"
slug: "archibald-forbes"
description: "Archibald Forbes was a Scottish war correspondent and author. He reported on the Franco-Prussian War, the Third Carlist War and the Russo-Turkish War. Being a British Army veteran; he likewise reported on various British colonial conflicts, notably the Anglo-Zulu War. Meanwhile he also wrote several biographies and historical works."
tagline: "British war correspondent (1838–1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photograph_of_Archibald_Forbes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1838-04-17"
deathDate: "1900-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             5.806451612903226
  historical:           5.471346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Forbes"
    title: "Archibald Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "اركيبالد فوربيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%81"
    title: "Арчибалд Форбс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Forbes"
    title: "Archibald Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Forbes"
    title: "Archibald Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Форбс, Арчибальд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1607516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump