Peter Le Neve Foster (1809–1879) was an English barrister and mathematician. He is known as an innovative secretary of the Royal Society of Arts, and a pioneer photographer of the Calotype Club.[1]
Foster was an early amateur photographer, and was one of the founders of the Photographic Society.[2] With Roger Fenton he organised in 1852 the first photography exhibition held by the Society of Arts.[1] He served for 13 years as secretary of the mechanical science section of the British Association. He served as President of the Quekett Microscopical Club in 1869. He died at Wandsworth, Surrey, 21 February 1879.[2]
Works
Foster was a contributor to scientific and technical journals; in the Journal of the Society of Arts he wrote a good deal, but generally anonymously. He read two papers before the Society, one on "Aluminium" (1859), and the other on the "Electric Loom" (1860).[2]
Peter Le Neve Foster Lecture
The Peter Le Neve Foster Lectures is an annual lecture series for the Royal Society of Arts, given since 1938. It was founded with money left by two of Foster's children, Reginald and Mary.[3]
1938 A. E. W. Mason, The Artistic Future of the Films[3]
^ a bJournal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 86, No. 4470 (22 July 1938), p. 890. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce JSTOR 41362751
^Lord Gorell, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol. 87, No. 4522 (21 July 1939), pp. 924–925. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce JSTOR 41362592
^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 90, No. 4622 (18 September 1942), p. 657. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. JSTOR 41359947
^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 91, No. 4632 (5 February 1943), p. 121. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. JSTOR 41361672
^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 92, No. 4665 (12 May 1944), p. 277.
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^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol. 94, No. 4705 (23 November 1945), p. 2. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce JSTOR 41402197
^Journal of the Royal Society of ArtsVol. 97, No. 4783 (3 December 1948), p. 23. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and CommerceJSTOR 41363725
^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 98, No. 4813 (27 January 1950), p. 203. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. JSTOR 41364048
^Journal of the Royal Society of ArtsVol. 99, No. 4835 (1 December 1950), p. 25 Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. JSTOR 41365054
^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol. 101, No. 4891 (23 January 1953), p. 131. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce JSTOR 41365001
^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 104, No. 4977 (11 May 1956), p. 459.
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^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 105, No. 4993 (21 December 1956), p. 69. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. JSTOR 41368526
^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 105, No. 5015 (25 October 1957), p. 923. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce JSTOR 41366173
^"Women as Writers." Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, vol. 107, no. 5034, 1959, pp. 378–386., www.jstor.org/stable/41366470.
^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 124, No. 5243 (October 1976), p. 689. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce JSTOR 41372394
^Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol. 112, No. 5095 (June 1964), p. 469. Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce JSTOR 41369379
^RSA Journal, Vol. 141, No. 5439 (May 1993). Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. JSTOR 41376074