Robert Foster (author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRobert Foster (author)
American writer
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1949
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profession: writer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Robert Foster (author)
- Robert Foster (b.
- 1949 in Brooklyn, New York) is the author of the Guide to Middle-earth (1971), originally covering The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
- After the publication of Tolkien's The Silmarillion, the guide was expanded to cover the latter work and republished as The Complete Guide to Middle-earth (1978).
- The thoroughness and accuracy of the book has earned it high praise.Foster earned a Ph.D.
- in English and Medieval Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and taught subsequently in the English Department at Rutgers University.
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