George Carey Foster FRS (October 1835 – 9 February 1919) was a chemist and physicist, born at

Sabden Sabden is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. Sabden is located south of Pendle Hill, in a valley about three miles north west of Padiham. The parish covers , of which is occupied by the village. It lies in the ...

in Lancashire. He was Professor of Physics at

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, and served as the first Principal (salaried head of the College) from 1900 to 1904. The Carey Foster bridge is named after him.

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The Carey Foster Bridge
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Foster, Carey British chemists British physicists 1835 births 1919 deaths People from Ribble Valley (district) Fellows of the Royal Society Presidents of the Physical Society Alumni of University College London Academics of University College London Scientists from Lancashire