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Robert Fox (writer)
Robert Fox may refer to: * Robert Were Fox the Elder (1754–1818), Falmouth businessman, father of Robert Were Fox the Younger * Robert Were Fox the Younger (1789–1877), English geologist and natural philosopher, father of Barclay Fox * Robert Fox (antiquarian) (1798–1843), English antiquarian * Robert Barclay Fox (1873–1934), Falmouth businessman and Conservative Cornish politician, grandson of Barclay Fox * Robert Fox (activist) (1846–?), 19th-century African-American civil rights activist * Robert Bradford Fox (1918–1985), Philippine historian * Robert J. Fox (1927–2009), Roman Catholic priest and author from South Dakota * Robert J. Fox (pastor) (1930–1984), associate pastor and activist from the Bronx * Robert Fox (footballer) (born 1931), Australian rules footballer * Robert Fox (historian) (born 1938), historian of science * Robert Fox (producer) (born 1952), English theatre and film producer * Bob Fox (architect) (born 1941), New York City architect * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Were Fox The Elder
Robert Were Fox (5 July 1754 – 1818) was a Quaker businessman who lived in Falmouth. Life and work Fox was born in Fowey, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, and married Elizabeth Tregelles (1768–1849) in 1788. The couple had six sons, including Charles Fox of Trebah, Robert Were Fox FRS of Penjerrick Garden and Alfred Fox of Glendurgan. They also had two daughters: Mariana Fox (1807–1863), who married Francis Tuckett of Frenchay and became the mother of the mountaineer Francis Fox Tuckett, and Charlotte, born in 1799, who married Samuel Fox of Tottenham. The Fox family were Quakers, descended from George Fox of Fowey and his wife, Anna Debell. Robert Were Fox was the son of George Croker Fox and his wife, Mary Were. It was George Croker Fox founded a Falmouth ship-brokering business that continued into the 21st century. Under Robert Were Fox's management, the family's business interests expanded into copper mining, tin smelting, and foundry work, in partnership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Were Fox The Younger
Robert Were Fox FRS (26 April 1789 – 25 July 1877) was a British geologist, natural philosopher and inventor. He is known mainly for his work on the temperature of the Earth and his construction of a compass to measure magnetic dip at sea. Life and family Fox was born on 26 April 1789 at Falmouth, England, the eldest son of Robert Were Fox (1754–1818) and his wife, Elizabeth Tregelles. He had nine siblings. The Fox family were members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and were descended from members who had long settled in Cornwall, although they were not related to George Fox who had introduced the community into the county. In 1814, Fox the Younger married Maria Barclay (1785–1858), daughter of Robert and Rachel Barclay of Bury Hill, near Dorking, Surrey. Maria's sister, Lucy, married Fox's cousin, George Croker Fox (1784–1850). Robert Were Fox the Younger and his wife had three children, Anna Maria (1816–1897), Barclay (1817–1855) and Caroli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fox (antiquarian)
Robert Fox (2 March 1798, Godmanchester, England – 7 June 1843, Godmanchester) was an English antiquarian. Life He was the second surviving son of John Fox (1748-1817), cabinet maker and upholsterer, of Huntingdon, and second wife, Frances Maples (1760-1845). Fox was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons on 5 March 1819, and practised in Huntingdon and the neighbourhood. He was the founder of the Literary and Scientific Institution of Huntingdon in 1841, and was himself an able lecturer on subjects connected with antiquities, geology, natural history, and philosophy. His only publication, ''The History of Godmanchester, in the county of Huntingdon'', 8vo, London, 1831, one of the best of its class, gained him admission to the Society of Antiquaries. He was also a member of the Numismatic Society. In 1826 and 1831 he served as a bailiff of Godmanchester. Family In 1821 at Godmanchester he married firstly Jane Ashton (1792-1831), daughter of Edward Ashton, of Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Barclay Fox
Robert Barclay Fox (24 July 1873 – 22 April 1934) was a Falmouth businessman and Conservative Party politician in Cornwall. He was known as Barclay Fox. Fox was born the son of Robert Fox (1845–1915) and his wife Ellen Mary Bassett. He was the grandson of another "Robert Barclay Fox" (1817–1855) and was also known as Barclay Fox, one of the influential local Quaker family of Fox, of Falmouth, Cornwall. He inherited "Grove Hill" and Penjerrick Garden, that his grandfather and great-grandfather had developed.Obituary in ''The Times'', Tuesday, 24 April 1934; pg. 16; Issue 46736; col C Education He was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Family business He became the senior partner in the conglomerate business, G.C. Fox & Co (originally a Shipping Agent). He was a director of the Falmouth Dock Board and Consul for Denmark and Vice-Consul for Norway, Germany and Finland. The King of Norway awarded him a knighthood of the order of St. Olav. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fox (activist)
Robert Fox (c. 1846–1933) was an African-American activist who sparked a civil rights battle in Louisville, Kentucky in October 1870 by entering a segregated streetcar. He was born in Kentucky to Albert and Margaret Fox and worked as an undertaker and a grocer. He died in 1933. Streetcar incident and lawsuit In Louisville on October 30, 1870, Fox got in a streetcar with his brother/ business partner Samuel and their employee, Horace Pearce. They paid their fares and sat down in the white section of the car, in violation of local laws prohibiting black men from riding inside the trolley cars (black women were permitted to ride at the back of the car, but black men were usually only allowed to ride on the platform with the driver or not at all). When a white passenger named John Russell complained, the driver asked the men to leave. The black passengers refused; other drivers were called to the scene, and the men were beaten and thrown off the car. In response, an angry crowd o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bradford Fox
Robert Bradford Fox (1918–1985) was an anthropologist and leading historian on pre-Hispanic Philippines. In 1958, Fox led a National Museum team in conducting extensive excavations on two sites at Calatagan, Batangas, in what may be considered the first systematic excavation involving the National Museum in the country. His report, published in 1959, was based on artifacts and information derived from 505 graves in two sites known as Kay Tomas and Pulong Bakaw. In the 1960s, by then the head of the Anthropology Division of the National Museum of the Philippines, he led a six-year archaeological research project in Palawan, focusing mainly on the caves and rockshelters of Lipuun Point in the southern part of the island. Its most outstanding site is the Tabon Cave complex, the large main cave delivered the only Pleistocene human fossils found in the Philippines to date. The fossil finds include a skullcap, jaw bones, teeth and several other fragmented bones. Dubbed the " Tabon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert J
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fox (footballer)
Robert Fox (born 2 November 1931) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Fox won Yark Football Club's best and fairest in 1951. and won the Hume Highway Football League's best and fairest award in 1952. Fox hailed from Yarck but was recruited to Essendon via Thornton. He kicked 24 goals from 19 games for Essendon in the 1955 VFL season, three of which came in the semi-final against Geelong. His last game for Essendon was the 1957 VFL Grand Final, which he played as a centre half-forward In Australian rules football, the centre half-forward is a position on the half-forward line of a football field. The directly opposing player is a centre half-back. Royce Hart of the Richmond Football Club and Wayne Carey of the North Melbou ..., in a losing team. He then decided to return to the country and played at Alexandra in 1958. At the end of the year he retired, but later made some appearances for the Katunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fox (historian)
Dr. Robert Fox (born 7 October 1938) MA, DPhil, FSA FRHistS is a leading British authority on the history of science. He is interested in the history of sciences and technology in Europe from the 18th century onwards. He has published extensively. His book ''The Savant and the State'' examines science, culture and politics in France between 1814 and 1914, while ''Science without Frontiers'' examines developments from the late nineteenth-century until the Second World War. In 2015, Fox received the George Sarton Medal, the premier award of the international History of Science Society (HSS). He was recognized as a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France's Ministry of Culture in 2006. Education Robert Fox attended the Imperial College of Science and Technology at the University of London from 1957 to 1958, followed by Oriel College, Oxford. He received a BA ( Oxon) in Physics in 1961, an MA (Oxon) in 1965, and a D.Phil. (Oxon) from the Faculty of Modern Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fox (producer)
Robert Michael John Fox (born 25 March 1952) is an English theatre and film producer, whose work includes the 2002 film '' The Hours''. Life and career He was born the third son of theatrical agent Robin Fox and actress Angela Worthington. He is the younger brother of actors Edward Fox and James Fox. The actress Emilia Fox is his niece and the actors Laurence Fox and Freddie Fox are his nephews. His maternal grandfather was playwright Frederick Lonsdale. Fox was educated at Harrow School. Fox has been a theatrical producer in the West End and on Broadway for over two decades. His productions include '' Another Country'', ''Burn This'' starring John Malkovich; the world premiere of Arthur Miller's '' The Ride Down Mt. Morgan''; Edward Albee's '' Three Tall Women''; many plays by David Hare: ''Skylight'' with Michael Gambon and Lia Williams, ''Amy's View'' with Judi Dench, and ''The Breath of Life'' with Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Other Fox productions include ''Hedda Gab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Fox (architect)
Bob (Robert) F. Fox, Jr. (born 1941) is an American architect. Education Fox received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University in 1965. It was there that he met Associate Professor Werner Seligmann, who would have a lasting impact on his architectural career. Fox later received his Master of Architecture from Harvard University in 1972. Career In 1978, Fox co-founded Fox & Fowle Architects (now FXCollaborative) with Bruce Fowle. Fox & Fowle completed more than 30 major projects in New York City under Fox's direction. Among them was the influential 4 Times Square – also formerly known as the Condé Nast Building – which set new standards for energy-efficient skyscrapers. 4 Times Square received numerous design awards, including the prestigious National Honor Award and the Excellence in Design Award from the American Institute of Architects. In 2002, after a 25-year partnership, Fox left Fox & Fowle Architects to open Robert Fox Architects. In 2003, Fox teame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fortescue Fox
Robert Fortescue Fox (1858–1940) was a British physician, surgeon, and one of the founders of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Biography R. Fortescue Fox qualified MRCS in 1882 at the London Hospital in 1882 and was house physician to Sir Andrew Clark. However, Fox developed tuberculosis, and went on a voyage to China as a ship's surgeon. Upon his return he went to Strathpeffer Spa in Ross-shire, where he recovered his health, practised medicine, and gained knowledge of balneology Balneotherapy ( "bath") is a method of treating diseases by bathing, a traditional medicine technique usually practiced at spas. Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects. While .... In 1905 he returned to London and in 1913 published ''Principles and Practice of Medical Hydrology'', adding to his reputation as an authority on British and foreign spas. He was a strong advocate of treatment and training of the disabled w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
