Forth or FORTH may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''forth'' magazine, an Internet magazine
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''Forth'' (album), by The Verve, 2008
* ''Forth'', a 2011 album by
Proto-Kaw
Proto-Kaw is an American progressive rock band. Featuring Kerry Livgren, the group is a reformation of a band formed in the early 1970s which served as the direct precursor to Kansas.
History
In the early 1970s, the band Kansas went through thr ...
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Radio Forth, a group of independent local radio stations in Scotland
People
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Eric Forth (1944–2006), British politician
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Frederick Forth (1808–1876), British colonial administrator
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Hugh Forth
Hugh Forth (6 July 1610 – 20 February 1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.
Forth was a merchant of the City of London. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan in the Third Protector ...
(1610–1676), English politician
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Jane Forth
Jane Forth (born 1953) is an American actress and model, best known for having been one of the Warhol superstars, starring in films such as ''Trash'', and being one of “Antonio’s Girls”, models and muses of fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez ...
(born 1953), American actress and model
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John Forth
John Forth (c. 1769 – 4 February 1848) was a British jockey and racehorse trainer. He is the oldest man to have ridden the Derby winner and one of the very few to have both ridden and trained the winner.
Career
Forth rose to prominence i ...
(c. 1769 – 1848), British jockey and racehorse trainer
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Lisette Denison Forth
Elizabeth "Lisette" Denison Forth ( 1786 – August 7, 1866) was an African-American landowner and philanthropist from Michigan. Forth was born with slave status, and worked as a maid before becoming a landowner.
Early life
Forth was born with sl ...
(c. 1786 – 1866), American slave who became a landowner and philanthropist
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Tasman Forth
Alexander Rud Mills (1885 – 8 April 1964) was an Australian barrister and author, interned in 1942 for his Nazi sympathies and fascist beliefs. He was also a prominent Odinist, one of the earliest proponents of the rebirth of Germanic Neopaga ...
, pen name of Alexander Rud Mills (1885–1964), Australian Odinist
Places
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Forth, Tasmania, Australia
* Forth,
Eckental
Eckental is a municipality in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 14 km east of Erlangen, and 16 km northeast of Nuremberg. It contains 17 districts: Benzendorf, Brand, Brandermühle, Büg, Ebach, Eck ...
, Germany
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Forth, South Lanarkshire
Forth is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland with a population of around 3,500 people. It is situated near Lanark, and stands 1,000 feet (320 metres) above sea level.
History
The town of Forth is thought to take its name from the meaning " ...
, Scotland
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River Forth, in Scotland
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River Forth (Tasmania)
The River Forth is a perennial river located in northwest Tasmania, Australia.
Location and features
The lower part of the river features Lake Barrington, which is a major venue for competitive rowing. It is also the location of the village of ...
, Australia
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Forth (County Carlow barony)
Forth () is a barony in County Carlow, Republic of Ireland.
Etymology
Forth takes its name from the Irish '' Fortuatha'', a term that described a region ( tuath) not ruled by members of the dominant dynasty of a province. In this case, the reg ...
, Ireland
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Forth (County Wexford barony)
Forth () ( Yola: ''Forthe'', or ''Vorth'') is a barony in County Wexford in Ireland.
Forth is bordered by Wexford Harbour to the north, St George's Channel to the east, the Celtic Sea to the south, and the baronies of Bargy to the west and Sh ...
, Ireland
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Forth (Edinburgh ward)
Forth is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects four Councillors. Its territory covers communities in the north of the city between Fe ...
, Scotland
Ships
* , the name of several ships of the Royal Navy
* , a sailing ship built at Calcutta, British India
* , a sailing ship built at Leith, Scotland
Other uses
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Forth (programming language)
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Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas
The Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH) ( el, Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας - ΙΤΕ) is a research center in Greece, supervised by the Ministry for Education through itGeneral Secretariat for Resea ...
, a research centre in Greece
See also
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Fort (disambiguation)
A fort is a fortification: a defensive military construction.
Fort may also refer to:
Types of fortifications
*Castle, a fortified building
*Defensive wall, a fortified wall
*Blanket fort or pillow fort, built by children
*Device Forts, in Englan ...
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Fourth (disambiguation)
Fourth or the fourth may refer to:
* the ordinal form of the number 4
* ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971
* Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision
* Fourth (music), a musical interval
* ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...
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Sally Forth (disambiguation)
Sally Forth may refer to:
* ''Sally Forth'' (Greg Howard comic strip) (from 1982)
* ''Sally Forth'' (Wally Wood comic strip) (1968–74)
* "Sally Forth", an episode of ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' (season 4)
See salso
* Sally port
A sally p ...
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Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth () is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south.
Name
''Firth'' is a cognate of ''fjord'', a Norse word meani ...
, an estuary in Scotland
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Islands of the Forth
The Islands of the Forth are a group of small islands located in the Firth of Forth and in the estuary of the River Forth on the east coast of Scotland. Most of the group lie in the open waters of the firth, between the Lothians and Fife, with ...
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