Background
Foster was born in North London and grew up in Southgate.
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Foster was born in North London and grew up in Southgate.
He studied at Mercers" School, but transferred to the City of London School to do A-levels after Mercers" was closed—he wrote a letter to The Times to protest the closing of the school.
John Foster was tutorial Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford from 1966 to 2005 and was Emeritus Fellow there until his death in 2009. He started studying Classics at Lincoln College, Oxford but transferred to Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology ("PPP") after discovering a distaste for studying ancient history. He later wrote a book on "s work that Anthony Quinton described as "the only serious monograph about his philosophy".
Foster was a devoted Christian and an outspoken pro-life campaigner.
He authored several books, including The Case for Idealism and A World for Us: The Case for Phenomenalistic Idealism.
