R. F. Foster (other)
R. F. Foster may refer to: *Robert Frederick Foster Robert Frederick Foster (May 31, 1853 – December 25, 1945) of New York City, known as R. F. Foster, was a memory training promoter and the prolific writer of more than 50 nonfiction books. He wrote primarily on the rules of play and methods fo ... (1853–1945), disseminator of the rules of many card games * R. F. Foster (historian) (born 1949), Robert Fitzroy Foster, professor of Irish History {{hndis, Foster, R. F. ...
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Robert Frederick Foster
Robert Frederick Foster (May 31, 1853 – December 25, 1945) of New York City, known as R. F. Foster, was a memory training promoter and the prolific writer of more than 50 nonfiction books. He wrote primarily on the rules of play and methods for successful play of card, dice, and board games. Alan Truscott wrote 20 years after his death that Foster "had been one of the great figures in whist and bridge" for 60 years. Biography R. F. Foster was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 31, 1853, the son of Alexander Frederick and Mary E. Macbrair, and "connected with some of the best families in Great Britain". He was educated as an architect and civil engineer. He emigrated to the United States (probably in 1872) where he engaged in surveying and gold prospecting and then in manufacturing before turning to the memory training and writing businesses in 1893. Foster married Mary E. Johnson in 1891 and became card editor for the ''New York Sun'' in 1895. He filled that position to 1919 ...
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