| Authorised form of name | Foster; Henry (1796 - 1831); navigator |
| Dates | 1796 - 1831 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Woodplumpton, Lancashire, England |
| Date of birth | August 1796 |
| Place of death | Chagres River, Panama |
| Date of death | 05 February 1831 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
On the bank of the River Chagres, between Palamatio Viejo and Palamatio Nueva, Panama |
| Research field | Geophysics |
| Activity | 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'.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/05/1824 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1827 'for his magnetic and other observations made during the Arctic expedition to Port Bowen' |
| Sources | 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 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/72173709 |
| Royal Society code | NA7230 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/3/292 | Letter from James Hudson, 12 Hanover Square, to John David Roberton, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 22 June 1843 |
| IM/005837 | Foster, Captain Henry | March 2000 |
| NLB/57/370 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Richard Threlfall, FRS, KBE | 28 October 1919 |
| NLB/57/454 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Miss Annie Foster; Pell View Wodplumpton, nr [near] Preston, Lancs [Lancashire] | 11 November 1919 |
| EC/1824/06 | Foster, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| DM/3/145 | Report by Foster's Scientific Voyage Committee | 1828 |
| DM/3/149 | Notes suggesting that attention should be given on Captain Henry Foster's Voyage to the Southern Hemisphere to natural history | 1828 |
| DM/3/146 | Foster's Scientific Voyage Committee, list of stations where magnetical observations might be made | 1828 |
| DM/3/147 | Foster's Scientific Voyage Committee, rough draft of notes on other non-magnetical observations which Foster could undertake | 1828 |
| DM/3/148 | 'Should it be conversant to Captain Foster, the longitudes of the following points may be determined, in addition to those mentioned in the proposed track" | 1828 |
| PT/18/17/2 | Plate, 'February 1825' by Henry Foster | February 1825 |
| PT/18/17 | Plates, from 'Observations on the diurnal changes in the position of the horizontal needle, under a reduced directive power, at Port Bowen, 1825' by Lieut Henry Foster | [1826] |
| PT/18/17/3 | Plate, 'March 1825' by Henry Foster | March 1825 |
| PT/18/17/1 | Plate, 'January 1825' by Henry Foster | January 1825 |
| MC/1/317 | Letter from Samuel Hunter Christie, Royal Military Academy [Woolwich], to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 11 July 1831 |
| MC/1/319 | Letter from Sir John Barrow [Second Secretary to the Admiralty], Admiralty Office, to [Dr. Peter Mark Roget], Secretary of the Royal Society | 15 July 1831 |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| AP/12/9 | Unpublished paper, 'Experiments and observations on the rotation of an iron plate 18 inches in diameter as affecting the magnetic needle suggested by S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie Esq of Woolwich' by Henry Foster | [1825] |
| MA/159 | Magnetic and meteorological observations at various locations on a voyage of HMS Chanticleer, by Henry Foster and others | 1830 |