David Skaats Foster



David Skaats Foster (1852-1920) was an American writer and coal and iron merchant.

He was born in Utica, New York, the son of Thomas Foster and Eliza P. Skaats. His father was also a merchant, "was prominent in railroad building" and was Vice President of the Utica City National Bank. In 1874 he married Marry C. Williams. His wife died in 1895. He had two sons, the twins Gerard S. Foster and Bernard D. Foster (b. 1880).

His 1914 novel, "The Road to London" was adapted into a film in 1921.