Jeanne Robert Foster

Jeanne Robert Foster
Jeanne Robert Foster (John Butler Yeats, 1917)
Jeanne Robert Foster (John Butler Yeats, 1917)
BornJulia Elizabeth Oliver
(1879-03-10)March 10, 1879
Johnsburg, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 1970(1970-09-22) (aged 91)
OccupationPoet
Alma materRadcliffe College
Boston University
Spouse
Matlock Foster
(m. 1896)

Jeanne Robert Foster (née, Julia Elizabeth Oliver; March 10, 1879 – September 22, 1970) was an American occultist, Theosophist,[1] and poet from the Adirondack Mountains. A disciple of Aleister Crowley, she was also known by the magical name Sister Hilarion.

Foster's friends included many of the period's leading authors and artists. She was particularly close to Ford Madox Ford, Ezra Pound, and William Butler Yeats.

  1. ^ Murphy (2001), p. 431.