William Foster (historiographer)


Sir William Foster CIE was a British historiographer and civil servant who was Registrar and Superintendent of Records in the India Office. He was a member of the Hakluyt Society and was "the foremost authority on the detailed history of early British relations with India and other countries in Asia."
He was knighted in the 1925 New Year Honours.

Works

also - * Winter, Edward, in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., in 63 vols.