He was born in Scotland in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire and came to South Africa in 1896. He returned to Scotland to study but emigrated permanently to South Africa in 1909. He worked as an architect until 1932.
He was president of the Astronomical Society of South Africa from 1942–1943.
He discovered the periodic comet 37P/Forbes. He was also one of several co_discoverers of "Comet Pons_Coggia_Winnecke_Forbes", which is today known as 27P/Crommelin in honor of the astronomer who computed its orbit.
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