William Byron Forbush

Born in Springfield, Vermont, on February 20, 1868, William Byron Forbush studied at Dartmouth College and later at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He worked as a teacher and principal before serving in several pastorates in the United States and Canada, a background that shaped much of his writing on religion, education, and child development.

Forbush wrote widely for young readers, families, and teachers. His books include The Boy Problem, The Life of Jesus, The Travel Lessons on the Life of Jesus, Manual of Stories, and later editorial work such as Fox’s Book of Martyrs. He is especially associated with the Knights of King Arthur, founded in 1893, an organization designed to guide boys through fellowship, play, and moral education.

In the 1910s he was also connected with child-study and educational work in Philadelphia and later lived in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where he continued writing and editing. He died in Philadelphia on October 23, 1927. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the sources reviewed during this search, so no profile image is included.