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Mary Foster (other)
Mary Foster may refer to: * Mary Foster (biochemist) (1865–1960), American biochemist * Mary LeCron Foster (1914–2001), American anthropological linguist * Mary Robinson Foster Mary Elizabeth Mikahala Robinson Foster (September 20, 1844 – December 29, 1930) was a Hawaiian philanthropist and known as the first Hawaiian Buddhist. On her death, she donated her substantial gardens to the city of Honolulu, and they later b ... (1844–1930), Hawaiian philanthropist * Mary Parke Foster (1840–1922), president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution * Mary Cardona-Foster, American contestant on the American TV series The Amazing Race {{hndis, Foster, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Foster (biochemist)
Mary Louise Foster (April 20, 1865June 21, 1960) was an American biochemist, research chemist and educator. Education Mary Louise Foster was born on April 20, 1865, in Melrose, Massachusetts. Between the years of 1878–1883, she attended the Girls' Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts, and later went on to study Classics at Smith College from 1888 to 1891. After her graduation, Foster taught Chemistry and Physics at West Roxbury High School while enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston (1893–1895). In 1912, she received her master's degree from Smith, and two years later earned her PhD from the University of Chicago. She spent the summer of 1917 at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Career In 1898, Foster found work teaching chemistry at Lynn High and Classical School. The next year, she became an assistant researcher in the Lab of Physiology and Chemistry in New York, where she stayed until 1901. In 1903, Foster worked as a research ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary LeCron Foster
Mary LeCron Foster (February 1, 1914 – December 9, 2001) was an American anthropological linguist, who spent most of her working life at the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Foster carried out graduate work in anthropology under the direction of Ruth Benedict. The influence of Franz Boas, whom she also knew at Columbia, may be seen in Foster's interests in symbolism and language origins. In addition to writing grammars of Sierra Popoluca and Purépecha, she published several articles purporting to reconstruct spoken Primordial Language (PL). PL, she maintained, was constructed out of speech sounds she dubbed ‘ phememes’ that were at the same time roots, whose meaning was motivated by the shaping and movement of the vocal tract. In the 1980s Foster was instrumental in developing anthropological peace and security studies. She co-organized with Robert A. Rubinstein the four days of coordinated symposia on the anthropology of peace held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Robinson Foster
Mary Elizabeth Mikahala Robinson Foster (September 20, 1844 – December 29, 1930) was a Hawaiian philanthropist and known as the first Hawaiian Buddhist. On her death, she donated her substantial gardens to the city of Honolulu, and they later became the Foster Botanical Garden. Early life and background Foster was born in 1844 and grew up in Nu‘uanu on Oahu, Hawai‘i, where she attended the Oahu Charity School. She was the eldest of the nine children of Rebecca Prever and John James Robinson. Her mother had French ancestry and Hawaiian ancestry that dates back to ali‘i (chiefs) from Maui and Hawai‘i Island. Her father was British and founded a large shipbuilding company. Her brother was politician and businessman Mark P. Robinson. When she was 16 years old, she married Thomas R. Foster, who worked for her father's business. In 1884 the couple bought William Hillebrand's property, which Foster later donated for public gardens, and began developing the plant collections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Parke Foster
Mary Parke Foster ( McFerson; August 14, 1840 - June 18, 1922) was the 3rd President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and wife of John W. Foster, U.S. Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison. Personal life Mary Parke McFerson was born in Salem, Indiana on August 14, 1840, the daughter of Rev. Alexander McFerson and Eliza Reed. She died on June 18, 1922 and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville, Indiana. She graduated from Glendale Female College near Cincinnati, Ohio. She married John Watson Foster in 1859 and they had three daughters, two of whom lived to adulthood: Edith Foster, who married Allen Macy Dulles, and Eleanor Foster, who married Robert Lansing. She traveled with her husband around the world, to countries including Mexico, Russia, France, and Spain. She and her husband were members of the Church of the Covenant, a Presbyterian Church which formerly stood on the southeast corner of Connecticut Avenue and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
