Henry Foster

b. circa 1858, d. circa 1946
  • Henry Foster was born circa 1858 in Alabama.
  • He was known as Hal.
  • James Collier Foster and Jane Elizabeth Ware appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Henry Foster, Robert Ware Foster, Young Hardy Foster, James Collier Foster, Frank Foster, Walter Foster and Guy Foster.
  • James Collier Foster and Jane Elizabeth Ware appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Fosters Store, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Henry Foster, Young Hardy Foster, Frank Foster, Guy Foster and Hugh Foster.
  • In 1896, Dr. Hal Foster, an otolaryngologist in Kansas City, Missouri, called the first meeting of what would later become the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. He sent out more than 500 invitations to ophthalmologists and otolaryngologists practicing in the southern and western states with the hope of creating a medical society in the region. A small number of doctors responded to Dr. Foster’s call and helped to form the Western Ophthalmological, Otological, Laryngological, and Rhinological Association.
  • Henry Foster died circa 1946 in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
  • Last Edited: 17 Sep 2011