Introduction

Biography

Henry was the son of Hen­ry Wat­son Fox.

He was edu­cat­ed at Har­row School and Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Cam­bridge (BA 1864, 3rd class Class­ic­al Tri­pos; MA 1869).

Ordained in 1869, he was cur­ate of St. Ebbe’s, Ox­ford (1869–73); vi­car of Christ Church, West­min­ster (1873–82); and vi­car of St. Ni­cho­las, Dur­ham (1882–95).

In 1890 he be­came Com­mis­sion­er for Ugan­da, and for Mom­ba­sa, Ken­ya, in 1900. Start­ing in 1895, he served as Sec­re­ta­ry of the Church Mis­sion­ary So­ci­ety. He be­came a pre­ben­da­ry of St. Paul’s, Lon­don, in 1901.

Works

• Missionaries in the Wit­ness Box: Per­son­al Tes­ti­mo­nies from the For­eign Field, 1897
• Our Lord and His Bi­ble, or, What Did Je­sus Christ Think of the Old Tes­ta­ment, 1905
• Rationalism or the Gos­pel, 1912
• Christian In­script­ions in An­cient Rome, 1920