9781781550151
A01=Vere Foster
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Vere Foster
automatic-update
B01=Alan Sutton
Casemate
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=BGH
Category=BJ
Category=DNBH
Category=DND
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Fonthill Media
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch
The Two Duchesses
Vere Foster
Product details
- ISBN 9781781550151
- Weight: 370g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jun 2018
- Publisher: Fonthill Media Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Vere Henry Louis Foster was born in Copenhagen in 1819, while his father was serving as British Minister to Denmark. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and after graduation, entered the Foreign Office where his promising career as a diplomat was put aside once he returned to Ireland, in 1847. The rest of his life was dedicated to helping his countrymen. He contributed towards building school houses in rural Ireland-he devised economic, but very effective school books, and tried to better the lot of the poorly paid Irish school teachers. For over forty years Vere Foster gave freely of his own money until his death in 1900. During his life he assisted around 25,000 people to start a new life in the Americas and it is believed he spent approximately GBP100,000-a huge amount at the time-on other charitable endeavours while he himself lived on very modest means.
