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Francis or Frank Foster may refer to: Music * Frank Foster (jazz musician) (1928–2011), American jazz saxophonist * Frank Foster (country singer) (born 1982), American country singer-songwriter active since 2011 Politics * Frank Foster (Michigan politician) (born 1986), member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 2011–2014 * Frank Foster (Australian politician) (1872–1948) * Francis Foster (Tasmanian politician) (1888–1979) Sports * Francis Foster (cricketer, born 1761) (1761–1847), English cricketer * Francis Foster (cricketer, born 1848) (1848–1931), English cricketer * Frank Foster (cricketer) (1889–1958), English cricketer * Frank Foster (rugby league) (1940–2019), English rugby player and coach Others * Frank Hugh Foster (1851–1935), American clergyman of the Congregational church * Frank Keyes Foster (1854–1909), American labor leader * Frank William Foster (1887–1963), British Royal Air Force officer * Frank Foster (''Coronation Street''), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Foster (jazz Musician)
Frank Benjamin Foster III (September 23, 1928 – July 26, 2011) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. Foster collaborated frequently with Count Basie and worked as a bandleader from the early 1950s.Profile AllMusic; accessed June 21, 2017. In 1998, Howard University awarded Frank Foster with the Benny Golson Jazz Master Award. Early life and education Foster was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, and educated at Wilberforce University. In 1949, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he joined the local jazz scene, playing with musicians such as Wardell Gray. Career Drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951, Foster served in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division where he fought alongside (although unknowingly) future collaborator Shawn ‘Thunder’ Wallace. Upon finishing his military service in 1953 he joined Count Basie's big band. Foster contributed both arrangements and original compositions to Count Basie's band including the stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Foster (country Singer)
Frank Foster (born January 22, 1982 in Cypress Bottom, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Foster has released eight independent albums: ''Rowdy Reputation'' in 2011, ''Red Wings and Six Strings'' in 2012, ''Southern Soul'' in 2013, ''Rhythm and Whiskey'' in 2014, ''Boots on the Ground'' in 2016, ''Good Country Music'' in 2016, ''Till I'm Gone'' in 2018 and ''The Way It Was'' in 2020. Jonathan Widran of AllMusic gave ''Red Wings and Six Strings'' four stars out of five, writing that "Foster's ability to connect lies in the raw emotional authenticity of his storytelling". ''Southern Soul'' sold 6,000 copies in its first week of release, debuting at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Foster (Michigan Politician)
Frank Foster is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing the 107th District. Foster was elected in 2010 and 2012, but was defeated in the 2014 Republican primary. Elections In his first election and attempt at running for office, Foster faced a primary challenge from Mackinac County Commissioner Mike Patrick, and won with a 61-49% margin. In the general election, Foster faced Democrat Dick Timmer, a Chippewa County Commission, and won with a 63-47% margin. In his 2012 re-election campaign, Foster did not have a primary opponent. In the general election, he faced Democratic challenger Suzanne Shumway, and won with a 58-42% margin. In 2014, Foster lost his primary against a Tea Party challenger, Lee Chatfield. 54–46. Michigan representative Foster served his first term as Chairman of the House Natural Resources, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Committee, and also served on the Tax Policy Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Foster (Australian Politician)
Francis James Foster (1872 – 9 September 1948) was an Australian politician, representing the Division of New England in the House of Representatives for the Australian Labor Party from 1906 to 1913. Background Born in Sofala, New South Wales, he received a primary education, and held various jobs including a miner, farmhand and teacher. He then became a shopkeeper and orchardist in Inverell. Politics Foster was an unsuccessful Labor candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Macquarie at the 1895 election and 1898 election. He was also unsuccessful at the 1904 election for Gough and the 1904 Bingara by-election. At the 1906 election, he was selected as the Labor candidate for the seat of New England, and went on to defeat Anti-Socialist candidate Edmund Lonsdale. He was re-elected to a second term at the 1910 election, defeating Commonwealth Liberal The Liberal Party was a parliamentary party in Australian federal politics between 1909 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Foster (Tasmanian Politician)
Francis Henry Foster (16 January 1888 – 31 May 1979) was an Australian pastoralist, businessman and politician. He was born in Brighton, Sussex, England, the eldest son of Colonel Henry Foster, a Tasmanian farmer. His grandfather was John Foster, a Tasmanian farmer, businessman and politician, and his great-uncle was William Foster who had been Solicitor General for New South Wales and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. After military service during the First World War, Francis Foster was a successful businessman who served as member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between 1937 and 1941. Early years Francis Foster's father, Henry Foster, was born in Hobart, Tasmania to John Foster and his wife Ann but, after John's death in 1875, Ann took Henry and his siblings to be educated in England and they settled in Brighton. Henry attended Sandhurst Military Academy but did not obtain a commission and instead returned to Tasmania, where he married in 1887 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Foster (cricketer, Born 1761)
Francis Foster (1761 – 19 July 1847) was an English first-class cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. Life Foster made one appearance for Hampshire in 1789, scoring ten runs. He played for Hampshire against an All-England Eleven on 2–5 September 1789 at Sevenoaks Vine, Hampshire winning by 15 runs.Haygarth, p.98. Foster died at Hambledon in 1847. References Bibliography * 1761 births 1847 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Hampshire cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1760s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Foster (cricketer, Born 1848)
Francis George Foster (6 November 1848 — 10 December 1931) was an English first-class cricketer. Foster was born at Havant in December 1848. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire against Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Derbyshire at Antelope Ground, Southampton in 1876. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in Hampshire's first innings for 10 runs by William Mycroft, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by the same bowler. Foster was a Tanning (leather), tanner in Havant, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. He was active in civic life, being elected to Hampshire County Council upon its foundation in April 1889. In Havant, he was chairman of both the Board of Guardians and of the Local Board, in addition to serving as a Justice_of_the_peace#England_and_Wales, justice of the peace. Foster emigrated to Canada in later life, where he died in December 1931 at Earl Grey, Sask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Foster (cricketer)
Frank Rowbotham Foster (31 January 1889 – 3 May 1958) was an English Amateur status in first-class cricket, amateur cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club from 1908 to 1914, and in Test cricket for England cricket team, England in 1911 and 1912. He was born in Birmingham and died in Northampton. His career was cut short after a motor-cycle accident during World War I. Foster was an all-rounder. As a right-handed batting (cricket), batsman, he scored 6,548 career run (cricket), runs in 159 first-class cricket, first-class matches at an average of 26.61 runs per completed innings with a highest score of 305not out, * as one of seven century (cricket), centuries. He was a left-arm fast bowling, fast medium bowler and took 717 first-class wickets with a best return of 9/118. He took five wickets in an innings 53 times and ten wickets in a match 8 times with a best return of 12/92. As a fielding (cricket), fielder, Foster completed 121 caught (cricket), catches. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Foster (rugby League)
Frank Foster (25 April 1940 – 20 December 2019) born in Maryport was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Cumberland, and at club level for Workington Town, Hull Kingston Rovers, Bradford Northern, Barrow and Oldham ( Heritage № 750), as a and coached at club level for Barrow and Whitehaven. Playing career International honours Frank Foster won a cap for Great Britain while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1967, against Australia. County honours Frank Foster represented Cumberland on 8 occasions. County Cup Final appearances Frank Foster played right- in Hull Kingston Rovers' 25–12 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1966 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966, and played as an interchange replacing John Hickson) in the 8–7 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1967 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hugh Foster
Frank Hugh Foster, Ph. D., D.D. (June 19, 1851 – October 20, 1935) was an American clergyman of the Congregational church. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and graduated at Harvard in 1873. In his activities, he was assistant professor of mathematics in the United States Naval Academy, graduated at Andover Theological Seminary (1877), served as pastor at North Reading, Massachusetts, studied at Göttingen and Leipzig (1879–1882), and from 1882 to 1884 was professor of philosophy in Middlebury College. In 1884 he was appointed professor of Church history in the Oberlin Theological Seminary; from 1892 to 1902, he served at Berkeley, California in the Pacific Seminary; and in 1904 he went to Olivet, Michigan Olivet is a city in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,605 at the 2010 census. Olivet College is located in the city. History From its founding in 1844 through the 1910 census, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Keyes Foster
Frank Keyes Foster (December 19, 1854 – June 27, 1909) was an early American labor leader. Foster was born in Palmer, Massachusetts on December 19, 1854, the son of Charles Dwight and Jane Elizabeth (Burgess) Foster; married Lucretia Ella Ladd on May 22, 1880 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He grew up in Palmer and was educated in common schools and at Monson Academy. Between 1872 and 1876 he learned the printer's trade at the office of Churchman in Hartford, Connecticut. By 1878 he was working in Boston as a compositor and by 1882 as an editor. Foster took an active leadership role in the early formation of trade unions in the United States. He was a member and secretary of the Hartford Typographical Union; president of the Cambridge Typographical Union; a delegate to the Federation of Trades Convention; secretary of the Boston Central Trades and Labor Union; and secretary to the Knights of Labor. In 1883/84, he served as secretary of the Federation of Organized Trades and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank William Foster
Wing Commander Frank William Foster DFC, DSM (10 April 1887, London — 5 March 1963, Reading). Although born in West London, he was brought up and educated in the village of Stockcross in Berkshire. He joined the Royal Navy in 1903 at the age of 16, and saw action in many theatres of World War I, including the Battle of Jutland, in which he gained the Distinguished Service Medal. He transferred to the RAF in the latter part of the War, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry and devotion to duty in North Russia. At the cessation of activities he joined the little group of pioneers who were struggling to develop an aircraft carrier deck landing technique on an old converted cruiser — . During this period, he was in No. 205 Squadron RAF (Coastal Area, No.9 Group), based out of RAF Leuchars. In 1927, trouble flared up on the North-West Frontiers of British India, and Flying Officer Foster was drafted with a squadron of old Bristol Fighters to police t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
