George Hay Forbes (1821–1875) was a priest of the

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and the brother of

Alexander Penrose Forbes Alexander Penrose Forbes (16 June 18178 October 1875) was a Scottish Episcopalian divine, born in Edinburgh. A leading cleric in the Scottish Episcopal Church, he was Bishop of Brechin from 1847 until his death in 1875. Biography He was the sec ...

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. Despite severe physical adversity, Forbes was responsible for church building at

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near Edinburgh, where he founded the

Pitsligo Press The Pitsligo Press was a printing press founded in 1852 by Scottish Episcopal priest and scholar George Hay Forbes (1821–1875) in Burntisland, Scotland. It published sermons, periodicals, patristic texts, liturgical material, and used fonts in ...

. Amongst his publications he edited works of St

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(1855, 1861). Books written by him included ''The Goodness of God'' and ''Doctrinal Errors of the English Prayer Book''. He wrote the article "Altars" for the ninth and tenth editions of the ''

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''Encyclopaedia Britannica'', Ninth Edition (1875-1889) and Tenth Edition (1902-03), 1902encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, George Hay 1821 births 1875 deaths Scottish Episcopalian clergy Scottish printers British typographers and type designers 19th-century Scottish businesspeople

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