Charles Forte, Baron Forte (born 1908) is a famous hotelier born in Italy. Forte emigrated from Italy to Scotland. He attended the Dumfries College. He worked in a cafe chain owned by his father. At 26 he set up his first "milk bar". Soon he begun expanding into catering and hotel businesses.
Through mergers and expansion, Forte converted the Forte group into a multi-billion pound business. His group included the Little Chef and Happy Eater roadside restaurants as well as Crest, Forte Grand, Travelodge and Posthouse hotels. Forte was the CEO from 1971 and Chairman from 1982 (when his son Rocco Forte took over as CEO).
Lord Forte passed the full control to Rocco in 1993, but soon the Forte group was faced with a hostile take-over attempt by Granada. Ultimately rival Granada succeeded with a 3.8 billion pound tender offer.
CharlesFort (1874-1932) fancied himself a true skeptic, one who opposes all forms of dogmatism, believes nothing, and does not take a position on anything.
Fort was skeptical about scientific explanations because scientists sometimes argue "according to their own beliefs rather than the rules of evidence" and they suppress or ignore inconvenient data.
Fort seems to have been opposed to science as it really is: fallible, human and tentative, after probabilities rather than absolute certainties.
Fort's experience as a journalist coupled with a contrarian nature prepared him for his real-life work, mocking the pretensions of scientific positivism and the tendency of journalists and editors of newspapers and scientific journals to rationalise the scientifically incorrect.
Fort, however, rejected the society and refused the presidency; he was lured to its inaugural meeting by false telegrams.
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