page_title: Asa Lansford Foster
hierarchical_section_title: Asa Lansford Foster
caption_attribution_description: English: A drawing of Asa Lansford Foster, a 19th-century industrialist and geologist in Pennsylvania
context_page_description: Asa Lansford Foster was a Pennsylvanian geologist, merchant, and coal mine owner. He was also a geologist, mining engineer, and publisher and was one of the pioneers of the anthracite industry. He was a native of Massachusetts but immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1818. Foster married Louisa Trott Chapman.
context_section_description: Asa Lansford Foster (August 19, 1798 – January 9, 1868) was a Pennsylvanian geologist, merchant, and coal mine owner.  He was also a geologist, mining engineer, and publisher and was one of the pioneers of the anthracite industry. He was a native of Massachusetts but immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1818. Foster married Louisa Trott Chapman.
caption: Asa Lansford Foster
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