and Foreign School Society in 1818. It speedily went into a second edition, heavily revised. In 1825 he completed an introductory essay to Philip Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion for the series of Select Christian Authors published by William Collins of Glasgow. The period of the missionary controversy brought Introductory Observations to Dr. Marshman's Statement (London, 1828). Family Foster married Maria Snooke in 1808. His only son died, after a lingering illness, in 1826. His wife fell into consumption, and after years of declining health died in 1832. Notes Attribution Further reading Peter Bayne, 1890, Men Worthy to Lead; Being Lives of John Howard, William Wilberforce, Thomas Chalmers, Thomas Arnold, Samuel Budgett, John Foster, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, Reprinted: Bibliolife, . External links GoogleMap Location of his birthplace in Hebden Bridge. His birthplace in Hebden Bridge, near Halifax, West Yorkshire is a listed building. 1770 births 1843 deaths People from Hebden Bridge English essayists 19th-century English Baptist ministers English male non-fiction writers British male essayists