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John wilson foster biography

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          John Wilson (blind activist)

          British public health advocate

          For other people named John Wilson, see John Wilson (disambiguation).

          Sir John Foster WilsonCBE (20 January 1919 – 25 November 1999) was a British public health advocate, best known for working to prevent blindness in developing countries in Africa and South and South East Asia.

          Early life and career​​ John Wilson (Jack) Foster was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of William Foster (draughtsman) and Gertrude Foster.

        1. Early life and career​​ John Wilson (Jack) Foster was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of William Foster (draughtsman) and Gertrude Foster.
        2. John Wilson Foster FRSC is an Irish literary critic and cultural historian.
        3. About the author.
        4. He is a freelance writer and literary critic and an honorary research fellow at Queen's University Belfast, from where he graduated with a BA and MA.
        5. John Wilson Foster is a Canadian and Irish writer and scholar.

          6. Early life and background

          He was born in Nottinghamshire,[1] the son of the Reverend George Henry Wilson, a Methodist minister. Blinded in a laboratory accident at school at Scarborough High School for Boys in 1931,[2] he went on to be educated at Worcester College for the Blind (now New College Worcester), and obtain a scholarship to study law at St Catherine's College, Oxford.

          before becoming Assistant Secretary at the Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1941.[3][4]

          Career

          He served as a member of the Colonial Office delegation investigating blindness in Africa during 1946–1947.&