Forbes, John

LL.D. (King's College, 1837), D.D. (Edinburgh, 1873), Church of Scotland; b. at Boharm, Banffshire, July 5, 1802; graduated A.M. at Marischal College, 1819; studied theology for four years at Marischal and King's Colleges, and later at Gottingen, 1828-29; became succe ively head master and governor of John Watson's Institution, Edinburgh, 1840, and of Donald son's Hospital, 1850; profe or of Oriental languages at Aberdeen University, 1869. He is the author of Symmetrical Structure of Scripture, or Principles of Scripture Parallelism exemplified in an Analysis of the Decalogue, Sermon on the Mount, etc., Edinburgh, 1854; Analytical Commentary on the Romans, tracing the Train of Thought by the Aid of Parallelism, 1868; Predestination and Free Will reconciled; or Calvin ism and Arm in i an ism united in the Westminster Confe ion, 1878, 2d ed. 1879.