Gordon Foster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gordon Foster

Irish mathematician

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1921

Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Date of Death: 20-Dec-2010

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Frederic Gordon Foster (24 February 1921 – 20 December 2010) was an Irish computational engineer, statistician, professor, and college dean who is widely known for devising, in 1965, a nine-digit code upon which the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is based.