Benjamin Oliver Foster

B. O. Foster
Born	August 13, 1872 Bangor, Maine, U.S.
Died	June 22, 1938 (aged 65) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Spouse	Katharine Elizabeth Dohan ​ ​ (m. 1938)​

Benjamin Oliver Foster (1872–1938) was an American classical philologist and professor at Stanford University. He is known for his translation of the first five volumes of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (Books 1–22) for the Loeb Classical Library.

Personal life

He married Anna Lee on June 3, 1902.

Bibliography

• Chambers, Mortimer (1994). "Foster, Benjamin Oliver". In Ward, W. Briggs (ed.). Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-313245-60-2.
• Foster, B. O. (1919). Livy I: Books I and II. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.