Sir Thomas Gregory Foster (10 June 1866 – 24 September 1931) was the Provost of
University College London
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from 1904 to 1929,
[Elizabeth J. Morse, 'Foster, Sir (Thomas) Gregory, first baronet (1866–1931)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 200]
retrieved 22 Dec 2010
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from 1928 to 1930.[Sir Gregory Foster, Bt : Abstract : Nature]
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Early life
He was born in London and attended University College School
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/ref> and graduated from University College London (UCL) in 1888 with a degree in English.PhD
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from Strasbourg University
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in 1892 with his dissertation on the Anglo-Saxon poem ''Judith
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'' (''Judith: studies in metre, language and style, with a view to determining the date of the Oldenglish fragment and the home of its author'').
Career
He first taught at UCL became a professor of English language and literature at Bedford College, London
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before returning to UCL where he spent 25 years in administration as secretary, principal and later provost.Bloomsbury
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rather than Holland Park
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in west London.
Personal life
He was knighted
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in 1917 and created a baronet
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in 1930. In 1894 he married Fanny Maude (d.1928) and they had two sons and two daughters. He died in Hove
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, Sussex
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, in 1931.[
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See also
*List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of London
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*List of British university chancellors and vice-chancellors
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References
Alumni of University College London
1931 deaths
1866 births
Academics of University College London
People educated at University College School
Academics of Bedford College, London
Vice-chancellors of the University of London
University of Strasbourg alumni
Provosts of University College London
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Knights Bachelor
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