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{{Short description|British genealogist (1844–1905)}}
'''Joseph Foster''' (9 March 1844 – 29 July 1905) was an [[England|English]] [[genealogy|genealogist]] whose transcriptions of records held by the [[Inns of Court]] and [[Oxford University]] are still important historical resources.▼
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▲'''Joseph Foster''' (9 March 1844 – 29 July 1905) was an [[England|English]] [[antiquarian]] and [[genealogy|genealogist]] whose transcriptions of records held by the [[Inns of Court]] and the [[
==Life and career==
While his family was originally seated at Cold Hesledon and Hawthorne on the east coast of County Durham, Joseph Foster was born in [[Sunniside, Sunderland]],
Working initially as a printer in London, Foster continued to undertake genealogical research and became a prolific writer and publisher in the field. He undertook research into the histories of various families from the north of England, later publishing four volumes of Lancashire and Yorkshire pedigrees. He became friends with several [[King of Arms|Kings of Arms]] and [[herald|heralds of arms]] during his lifetime, and the records of the [[College of Arms]] were often unreservedly placed at his service. <ref name=foo_bar>{{cite web |url= http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33217| title= Foster, Joseph (1844–1905)|last= Humphery-Smith| first= Cecil R.| work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] |url-access=subscription |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2004 |access-date=2008-02-25}}</ref>
His major works, still used by historians, were transcriptions of the admission registers of the [[Inns of Court]] (published in 1885 as ''[[s:Men at the Bar|Men at the Bar]]'') and of the [[matriculation]] registers of the [[University of Oxford]] for the period 1500 to 1886 (published as ''Alumni Oxonienses''). This latter work was marked by the award of an honorary [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] by the University in 1892. It has been said of Foster that he was "no scholarly antiquary, but his energy as a transcriber and collector of genealogical and heraldic data has few parallels, and many of his publications remained classic resources, several of permanent value."<ref name=Foster/>▼
▲His major works, still used by historians, were transcriptions of the admission registers of the [[Inns of Court]] (published in 1885 as ''[[s:Men at the Bar|Men at the Bar]]'') and of the [[matriculation]] registers of the [[University of Oxford]] for the period 1500 to 1886 (published as ''[[Alumni Oxonienses]]''). This latter work was marked by the award of an honorary [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] degree by the
Foster died in London, at his home in [[St John's Wood]], and was buried at [[Kensal Green cemetery]].<ref name=Foster/>▼
==Family==
Foster married Catherine Clarke Pocock on 12 August 1869 at Burgess Hill, Sussex, and they had a son and four daughters.<ref name=Family>{{cite web|url= https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/10730045/person/6025659472/facts| title=Foster, Joseph (1844–1905)| work=[[Family tree]] |url-access=subscription |publisher=[[Ancestry]]|access-date=2023-03-30}}</ref> His son, Sandys Birket Foster, initially continued his father's work and published several pedigrees in 1890 before qualifying as an accountant and emigrating to America where he died in 1938.<ref name=Son>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1938/06/10/archives/sandys-birket-foster-retired-presidentof-bartholomay-company-in.html | title=Foster, Sandys Birket (1870–1938)| work=[[Obituary]] |url-access=subscription|publisher=[[New York Times]]|date=1938-06-10 | access-date=2023-03-30}}</ref>
▲Joseph Foster died in London aged 61, at his home in [[St John's Wood]], and was buried at [[Kensal Green cemetery]].<ref name=Foster/>
==Works==
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* ''Some Account of the Pedigree of the Forsters of Cold Hesledon, Co. Durham'' (1862)
* ''The King of Arms'' (1871)
* ''The Pedigree of Wilson of High Wray & Kendal, and the Families Connected With Them'' (1871)
* ''A Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England, and of some of the families connected with them'' (1871)
* ''Lancashire County Families'' (1873)
* ''Yorkshire County Families'' (3 volumes) (1874)
* ''The Pedigree of Dawes, of Shawe Place'' (1874)
* (editor) ''Visitations of Yorkshire'' by Robert Glover (1875)
* ''The Pedigree of Sir Josslyn Pennington'' (1878)
* (with Edward Bellasis) ''Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'' (1879)
* ''The Lyon Office and the Marjoribanks family'' (1882)
* ''Members of Parliament, Scotland'' (1882)
* ''Men at the Bar'' (1885)
* ''London Marriage Licences (1521–1869)'' (1887)
* ''Alumni Oxonienses (1715–1886)'' (4 volumes) (1887)
* ''Concerning the Beginnings … of Heraldry as Related to untitled Persons'' (1887)▼
* ''The register of admissions to Gray's Inn (1557–1859), together with … marriages in Gray's Inn Chapel'' (1889)
* ''Index ecclesiasticus, or, Alphabetical lists of all ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales since the Reformation'' (1890)
* ''The Pedigree of Birkbeck of Mallerstang and Settle, Braithwaite of Kendal, Benson of Stang End'' (1890)
* ''Alumni Oxonienses (1500–1714)'' (4 volumes) (1891)
* ''Pease of Darlington'' (1891)
* ''The Royal Lineage of our Noble and Gentle Families'' (1891)
* ''Oxford Men and their Colleges'' (1893)
* ''The Descendants of John Backhouse'' (1894)
▲* ''Concerning the Beginnings … of Heraldry as Related to untitled Persons'' (1887)
* ''The Pedigree of Ashworth of Ashworth &c'' (1895)
* ''A Narrative of the Descendants of Richard Harris'' (1895)
* ''The Pedigree of Raikes, formerly of Kingston-upon-Hull'' (1897)
* ''Some Feudal Coats of Arms'' (1902)
* ''Two Tudor books of arms'' (1904)
==References==
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==External links==
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