Basic Biographical Details Name: | Francis Roland Foster | Designation: | | Born: | 1875 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Francis Roland Foster was born in 1875 and was articled to Stewart Henbest Capper in Edinburgh in July 1893, studying under Capper and Frank Worthington Simon at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art. In 1897 he moved to Sheffield as assistant to Charles Hadfield, and in 1898 to London where he passed the intermediate exam and in that year and was assistant in the offices of Charles Henry Worley, Alfred Tiltman, Frank Loughborough Pearson, Roland Plumbe and Frederick Moore Simpson. During his time in London he carried out some minor works on his own account, chiefly around Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. In 1908 he emigrated to Canada to work for Howard Colton Stone. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, his proposers being Stewart Henbest Capper (then in Montreal), Percy Erskine Nobbs and Kenneth Guscotte Rea, but he passed the qualifying exam in the following year and was admitted ARIBA on 9 June 1913, his proposers being Nobbs, Philip John Turner and Francis Spence Baker. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 2081, Hutchison Street, Montreal, Canada | Private | Before 1911 | After 1913 | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v17 no1267; A v21 no2408 (microfilm reel 21) |
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