R. F. Foster (historian)

R. F. Foster
Born
Robert Fitzroy Foster

(1949-01-16) 16 January 1949
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
Spouse
Aisling O'Conor Donelan
(m. 1972)
Children2
AwardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize (1997)
British Academy Medal (2015)
Academic background
EducationNewtown School
St. Andrew's School
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsBirkbeck, University of London
Hertford College, Oxford

Robert Fitzroy 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.