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Robert Fitzroy 'Roy' Foster FBA FRHistS FRSL (born 16 January 1949), publishing as R. F. Foster, is an Irish historian and academic. He was the Carroll Professor of Irish History from 1991 until 2016 at Hertford College, Oxford .
Robert Frederick Foster (May 31, 1853 – December 25, 1945) [1] [2] [3] of New York City, known as R. F. Foster, was a memory training promoter and the prolific writer of more than 50 nonfiction books. [4] He wrote primarily on the rules of play and methods for successful play of card, dice, and board games.
R. F. Foster may refer to: Robert Frederick Foster (1853–1945), disseminator of the rules of many card games R. F. Foster (historian) (born 1949), Robert Fitzroy Foster, professor of Irish History
Robert Frederick Foster (1853–1945), memory training promoter and author of books on games; Robert P. Foster (1917–2008), president of Northwest Missouri State University (1964–1977) Robert Foster (author) (born 1949), author of The Complete Guide to Middle-earth; R. F. Foster (historian) (born 1949), British historian
There are two common theories about the origin of rummy, attributing its origins in either Mexico or China in the nineteenth century. [1] The first is that it originated in Mexico around the 1890s in a game described as Conquian in R.F. Foster's book Foster's Complete Hoyle, which was played with a 40 card Spanish deck and had melding mechanics.
Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry playing cards in front of tents. Petersburg, Virginia, August 1864. In the 1937 edition of Foster's Complete Hoyle, R. F. Foster wrote: "the game of poker, as first played in the United States, five cards to each player from a twenty-card pack, is undoubtedly the Persian game of As-Nas."
Richard Foster may refer to: Richard Foster (abolitionist) (1826–1901), founder of the Lincoln Institute in Jefferson City, Missouri Richard Foster (Alaska politician) (1946–2009), Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives
Roy Foster may refer to: Roy Foster (American football) (born 1960), American offensive lineman; Roy Foster (baseball) (1945–2008), American outfielder;