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.
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24 February 1921 Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Died |
20 December 2010 (aged 89) Dublin, Ireland
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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