Matthias Lanckton Foster

Background

Foster, Matthias Lanckton was born on June 17, 1859 in Chatham, New York, United States. Son of George Tiffany and Anna Eliza (Baxter) Foster.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Williams, 1881. Doctor of Medicine College Physicians and Surgical (Columbia), 1885.

Career

Assistant house surgeon and house surgeon, Saint Luke’s Hospital, New York, 1885-1886. Clinical assistant, 1887-1889, assistant surgeon, 1889-1910, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital. Consulting ophthalmic surgeon, 1905-1913, later attending ophthalmic surgeon, New Rochelle (New York) Hospital (also president medical board, 1914).

Retired from practice, January 1, 1927.

Achievements

• Matthias Lanckton Foster has been listed as a noteworthy ophthalmologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member editorial staff New York Medical Journal, 1887-1931, Archives of Ophthalmology, 1898-1929. Fellow American College Surgeons. Member American Legion.

Connections

Married Constance Hunter Savage, of Summit, New Jersey, November 14, 1894. Children: Hamilton Knight (deceased), Constance Marina, George Tiffany.

Father:

George Tiffany Foster

Mother:

Anna Eliza (Baxter) Foster

Spouse:

Constance Hunter Savage

child:

George Tiffany Foster

child:

Hamilton Knight Foster (deceased)

child:

Constance Marina Foster