Person Foster; Henry (1796 - 1831); navigator Foster Henry navigator 1796 - 1831 British Male Woodplumpton, Lancashire, England August 1796 Chagres River, Panama 05 February 1831 Burial: On the bank of the River Chagres, between Palamatio Viejo and Palamatio Nueva, Panama

Geophysics Career: Entered Navy (1812); did surveying work in America; sailed with Basil Hall (FRS 1816) to South America (1820); astronomer to Parry's third voyage and in his attempt to reach the North Pole (1827); commanded Chanticleer (1828) Medals and Awards Copley Medal awarded 1827; at the same time a second Copley Medal was awarded to William Prout, 'For his paper, entitled, On the ultimate Composition of simple alimentary substances, with some preliminary remarks on the analysis of organized bodies in general'. Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1827 'for his magnetic and other observations made during the Arctic expedition to Port Bowen' Fellow 06/05/1824 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1830-1831 No 7 p 82 References: G E Fogg, 'The Royal Society and the Antarctic' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 85-98 Notes: DSB incorrectly gives date of birth as Aug 1797; memorial in Woodplumpton parish church, near Preston gives death date as 8 Feb 1831 in his 34th year of age International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Aug 1796 - 5 Feb 1831 NA7230 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/72173709 efcb8505-337d-4af1-bc3d-9800c87f8449