William Foster (historiographer)
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Sir William Foster Knight (1925), CIE
(1913), Register and Superintendent of Records in the India Office
; historiographer; Hakluyt Society
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CIE
-Organizations:* Cambridge International Examinations, an international examination board* Cleveland Institute of Electronics, a private technical and engineering educational institution — the International Commission on Illumination...
(1913), Register and Superintendent of Records in the India Office
India Office
The India Office was a British government department created in 1858 to oversee the colonial administration of India, i.e. the modern-day nations of Bangladesh, Burma, India, and Pakistan, as well as territories in South-east and Central Asia, the Middle East, and parts of the east coast of Africa...
; historiographer; Hakluyt Society
Hakluyt Society
Founded in 1846, the Hakluyt Society is a registered charity based in London, England, which seeks to advance knowledge and education by the publication of scholarly editions of primary records of voyages, travels and other geographical material...
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Works
- Letters Received By The East India Company (1897)
- The English factories in India, 1618-1669 : a calendar of documents in the India Office, British Museum and Public Record Office (1911)
- A guide to the India Office records, 1600-1858 (1919)
- Early travels in India, 1583-1619 (1921)
- Winter, Edward, (signed as "W. F.") in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.