Foster, Idris, 1911-1984

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Foster, Idris, 1911-1984
Other forms of name
Foster, Idris Llewellyn, 1911-1984
Foster, I. Ll. (Idris Llewellyn), 1911-1984
Foster, Idris Ll. (Idris Llewellyn), 1911-1984
Date of birth
1911-07-23
Date of death
1984-06-18
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 71161626
Wikidata: Q13129237
Library of congress: no2007013529
Sources of Information
  • Cyfrol deyrnged Syr Thomas Parry-Williams, 1967:t.p. (Idris Foster)
  • Literature Resource Center, viewed June 14, 2016(Idris Llywelyn Foster; Born July 23, 1911, in Bethesda, Caernarvon, Wales; died June 18, 1984, in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. Educator, scholar, and editor. Jesus Professor of Celtic at Oxford University, a post he held until retiring in 1978. While at Oxford, Foster served as head of the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature, the Modern Languages Board, and the Anthropology and Geography Board. Renowned among scholars as an expert in medieval Welsh narrative prose and Celtic languages and literature. Foster was knighted in 1977.)
  • NLW database, via WWW, 1 Feb. 2007(hdg.: Foster, Idris, 1911-1984; tracing: Foster, Idris Llewellyn, 1911-1984)
  • Prehistoric and early Wales, 1965:t.p. (I. Ll. Foster)
  • The new companion to the literature of Wales, 1998(Foster, Idris (1911-1984), scholar)
  • Y Gymraeg yn yr ysgolion gramadeg, 1952:t.p. (Idris Ll. Foster)