Gregory Foster

Sir (Thomas) Gregory Foster (10 June 1866 – 24 Sept 1931) was the Provost of University College London from 1904–1929,[1] and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 1928 to 1930.[2]

Foster attended University College School[3] and graduated from University College, London, in 1888.[2] He obtained a PhD from Strasbourg in 1892,[3] and was a lecturer in English at Bedford College before returning to UCL.[2]

He was created a baronet in 1930 and died in London in 1931.[3]

Academic offices
Preceded by
New Title		 Provost of University College London
1904–1929[1]		 Succeeded by
Allen Mawer[4]
Preceded by
William Beveridge, Baron Beveridge		 Vice-Chancellor of University of London
1928-1930		 Succeeded by
Dr J. Scott Lidgett
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Foster Baronets
(of Bloomsbury)
1930–1931 [1]		 Next:
Thomas Saxby Gregory Foster[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Elizabeth J. Morse, ‘Foster, Sir (Thomas) Gregory, first baronet (1866–1931)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 accessed 22 Dec 2010
  2. ^ a b c Sir Gregory Foster, Bt : Abstract : Nature
  3. ^ a b c AIM25 collection description
  4. ^ ‘MAWER, Sir Allen’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 22 Dec 2010
  5. ^ ‘FOSTER, Sir Thomas Saxby Gregory’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 22 Dec 2010