John Foster
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John Foster may refer to:
Fictional characters:
- Rev. John Foster, 18th century American clergyman
- John Foster (Dunleer MP) (fl. 1790s), MP for DunleerDunleer (Parliament of Ireland constituency)Dunleer was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dunleer was not represented.-1692–1801:...
1790–1792, son of 1st Baron Oriel - John Foster (printer)John Foster (printer)- External links :* * *...
(1648-1681), American, also engraver - John Foster of DunleerJohn Foster of DunleerJohn Foster of Dunleer was elected member to the Irish House of Commons for the constituency of Dunleer, in County Louth. He formerly held the position of Mayor of Dunleer Corporation....
(?–1747), MP for Dunleer, grandfather of 1st Baron Oriel - John Thomas FosterJohn Thomas FosterJohn Thomas Foster , of Dunleer, was an Irish politician.He was the son of Rev Thomas Foster, Rector of Dunleer and Dorothy née Burgh. Foster was elected member to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1776 and held this seat until 1783...
(1747–1796), MP - John William FosterJohn William FosterJohn William Foster , of Rosy Park, was an Irish volunteer and politician.He was the son of John Foster of Dunleer, MP for Dunleer and Elizabeth, née Fortescue. Foster was appointed High Sheriff of Louth for 1776 and then elected member to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1783 and held...
(1745–1809), MP for Dunleer - John Foster, Sr.John Foster, Sr.John Foster Snr an English architect, father of John Foster Jnr. Senior Surveyor to the Corporation of Liverpool succeeding Henry Berry. In 1824 he was succeeded as Senior Surveyor by his son while Jesse Hartley replaced him as dock engineer at Liverpool Dock Trustees.During his time as dock...
(1758–1827), British architect - John Foster, 1st Baron OrielJohn Foster, 1st Baron OrielJohn Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1761, a seat he held until 1769...
(1740–1828), speaker of the Irish House of Commons - John Leslie FosterJohn Leslie FosterJohn Leslie Foster, FRS was an Irish Tory Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament.The son of Lord Bishop Foster , he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge. He represented Dublin University from 1807 to 1812, having first contested the seat in 1806...
(1781–1842), MP - John Foster (essayist)John Foster (essayist)John Foster was an English essayist, son of a weaver, born in the parish of Halifax, Yorkshire, and educated for the ministry at the Baptist college in Bristol. After serving as a minister for several years, he chose to devote himself to literature. He contributed nearly 200 articles to the...
(1770–1843), English essayist - John Foster (architect)John Foster (architect)John Foster, Junior was an English architect.-Biography:Foster studied under Jeffry Wyatt in London and in 1809 travelled in the eastern Mediterranean. During 1810-11 he accompanied C. R. Cockerell and the German archaeologists Haller and Linckh in their excavation of the temples at Aegina and...
(1786–1846), British architect - John Wells FosterJohn Wells FosterJohn Wells Foster was an American geologist and paleontologist, born at Brimfield, Massachusetts. He graduated at Wesleyan University in 1834, moved to Ohio, studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Zanesville...
(1815–1873), American geologist - John G. FosterJohn G. FosterJohn Gray Foster was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services were in North and South Carolina. A postbellum expert in underwater demolition, he wrote the definitive treatise on the subject.-Early...
(1823–1874), American soldier - John Foster (Australian politician) (1818–1900), politician in the Electoral district of WilliamstownElectoral district of WilliamstownWilliamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km² urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood, Williamstown and Yarraville...
, Victoria, Australia - John W. FosterJohn W. FosterJohn Watson Foster was an American military man, journalist and diplomat.Born in Petersburg, Indiana, and raised in Evansville, Indiana, he was first a lawyer and then served as general for the Union in the American Civil War. Following the war he worked as a journalist, editing the Evansville...
(1836–1917), American diplomat - John H. FosterJohn H. FosterJohn Hopkins Foster was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Evansville, Indiana, Foster attended the common schools of his native city and was graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1882 and from the law department of Columbian University , Washington, D.C., in 1884.He was...
(1862–1917), U.S. Representative from Indiana - John B. Foster (baseball) (born 1863), New York City baseball writer, sports editor, and ballclub officer
- John B. Foster (artist)John B. Foster (artist)John B. Foster was a New England artist, born in Gloucester on December 25, 1865. He was the son of John B. Foster, a fisherman who emigrated from England, and Sarah E. Merchant, daughter of a Cape Ann fishing family....
(1865–1930), New England watercolorist - John Stuart FosterJohn Stuart FosterJohn Stuart Foster was a Canadian physicist.Born in Clarence, Nova Scotia, he completed his Ph.D. at Yale University with a dissertation on the first measurements of the Stark effect in Helium. In 1924 he gained an appointment as assistant professor at McGill University in Montreal where he taught...
(1890–1944), Canadian physicist - John Foster (cartoonist)John Foster (cartoonist)John Foster , was a cartoonist and film director. He is remembered for his direction in over a hundred films, including the Van Beuren Tom and Jerry series and the early sound-on-film cartoon "Dinner Time".-External links:...
(c 1900 – c 1947), also director - John Foster (UK politician)John Foster (UK politician)Brigadier Sir John Galway Foster was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament for the Northwich constituency in Cheshire from 1945 to February 1974....
(1904–1982) - John Foster (priest)John Foster (priest)The Very Rev John William Foster BEM was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the twentieth century.He was born on 5 August 1921 and served in the Leicestershire Yeomanry from 1939 to 1946. After studying at St Aidan’s College, Birkenhead he was ordained in 1955. After a curacy in ...
(1921–2000), Anglican dean of Guernsey - John Foster, Sr. (sailor)John Foster, Sr. (sailor)John Frederick Foster, born 25 February 1938, is a sailor from the US Virgin Islands. He competed at six Olympic Games, five in sailing at Summer Olympics from 1972 to 1992 and once in Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics....
(born 1938), American sport-sailor & sled racer - John Foster (philosopher)John Foster (philosopher)John Foster was a British philosopher. He authored several books, among which The Case for Idealism and A World for Us: The Case for Phenomenalistic Idealism, which defend Berkelian subjective idealism....
(born c. 1940s), British philosopher - John Bellamy FosterJohn Bellamy FosterJohn Bellamy Foster is a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and also editor of Monthly Review, an independent socialist magazine. His writings have focused on political economy, environmental sociology, and Marxist theory...
(born 1953), American Marxist scholar - John Foster (singer)John Foster (singer)John Foster is a singer/songwriter who found fame when he joined the British synthpop trio the Bronski Beat in 1986, after the departure of Jimmy Somerville. The band's best known song during this period with Foster as vocalist was Hit That Perfect Beat. The song became a popular dance hit and...
(born 1960), British singer - John Foster, Jr. (sailor)John Foster, Jr. (sailor)John Parry Foster, born 26 February 1963, is a sailor from the US Virgin Islands who competed at three Olympics in the Two Person Keelboat class. His sailing partner at the Olympics was his father John Foster, Sr.-External links:*...
(born 1963), American sport-sailor - John Foster (footballer)John Foster (footballer)John Foster is an English football defender.-References:*...
(born 1973), English footballer - John Foster (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player
Fictional characters:
- John Foster, in Skins (TV series)Skins (TV series)Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death...
See also
- Jon FosterJon FosterJon Foster is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the 2004 film The Door in the Floor, the 2006 horror movie, Stay Alive, and co-starring opposite Jenna Elfman in the CBS comedy Accidentally on Purpose.-Personal life:Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of...
, American actor - Jon Foster (artist)Jon Foster (artist)-Biography:He is best known for his comic book covers and other works featured in Dungeons & Dragons and Alternity....
- Jonny FosterJonny FosterJonathan "Jonny" Foster is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Richard Grieve. He appeared from 2007 to 2008 and in 2009...
, fictional character - John Forster (disambiguation)John Forster (disambiguation)John Forster may refer to:* Sir John Forster , English military commander and Warden of the Middle Marches* John Forster , English biographer and critic* John Forster , Irish lawyer and politician...