Elizabeth Read Foster

Background

Foster, Elizabeth Read was born on June 26, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Conyers and Edith (Kirk) Read.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College, 1933; A.M., Columbia, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1938.

Career

Instructor, then associate professor of history, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1953-1965; associate professor, U. Delaware, 1962-1963; acting director, Yale Parliamentary Diaries project Yale, 1965-1966; professor of history, Bryn Mawr College, 1966-1981; professor emeritus, Bryn Mawr College, since 1981; acting director of libraries, Bryn Mawr College, 1984; dean Graduate School Arts and Sciences, Bryn Mawr College, 1966-1973.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Read Foster has been listed as a noteworthy Historian, emeritus educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Proceedings in Parliament 1610, Volumes I & II (Two Volume Set)

Membership

Member Royal History Society, Conference British Studies (council 1968-1973, 79-84), Society of Antiquaries of London, Middle Atlantic Conference on British Studies (executive committee 1979-1982), American History Association.

Connections

Married Richard Wingate Foster, December 31,1938. Children— Richard Coulson, Timothy, Benjamin Read, Daniel Wingate.

Father:

Conyers Read

Mother:

Edith (Kirk) Read

Spouse:

Richard Wingate Foster

child:

Richard Coulson Foster

child:

Daniel Wingate Foster

child:

Benjamin Read Foster

child:

Timothy Foster