Background
Foster, Michael Kirk was born on June 2, 1938 in Athens, Greece. Son of Andrew Brisbin and Barbara (Kirk) Foster.
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Michael Kirk Foster, Greek, American, Canadian Anthropologist, linguist. Grantee National Science Foundation, 1970-1971, National Endowment for Humanities, 1982-1985, American Philosophical Society, 1990, 92, 97. Fellow American Anthropological Association; member Canada Ethnology Society, Society for Study of Indigenous Langs. of the American mathematical society, Society for Linguistic Anthropology, Current Anthropology (associate).
Education
Bachelor, Lawrence College, 1961; Master of Arts in Teaching, Harvard University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1974.
Career
Instructor, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1964-1966; ethnologist, curator, Canada Museum Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1970-1989; sessional lecturer, Carleton U., Ottawa, 1975, 93; curator emeritus, Canada Museum Civilization, Ottawa, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Anthropological Association. Member Canada Ethnology Society, Society for Study of Indigenous Languages of the American mathematical society, Society for Linguistic Anthropology, Current Anthropology (associate).
Connections
Married Doris Elizabeth Wilkinson, September 7, 1974 (deceased November 23, 2005). 1 child, Andrew Erskine.
Education
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1961
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1962
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1974
Career
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1964 - 1966
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1975
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1989