Foster, Francis Henry

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-12-02 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2025-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007547b.htm person Foster Francis Henry AACR2 16 January 1888 31 May 1979 Place of Birth Brighton, Sussex, England Place of Death Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Civil engineer Pastoralist Politician Businessman Member of Parliament Foster trained as civill engineer at the University of Melbourne and worked griefly with John Monash before leaving for England with his family in 1912. On returning to Australia he became a pastorilist, businessman and politician. [See ADB entry Volume 14 1996] Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (1863 - )

Trustee 1948; Chairman 1949-1951

Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation (1959 - 2004)

Governor 1962-1975

CSIR Council, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1926 - 1949)

Member 1943-1948

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