1817–1848

Introduction

Born: Oc­to­ber 1, 1817, West­oe, South Shields, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 14, 1848, Dur­ham, Eng­land.

Buried: St. Ma­ry’s Church, Dur­ham, Eng­land.

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Biography

Fox was the fa­ther of Hen­ry El­liott Fox.

He at­tend­ed Rug­by School and Wad­ham College, Ox­ford (BA 1839) and was or­dained in 1840.

He sailed for South In­dia in 1841, and there found­ed the Te­le­gu Mis­sion of the Ang­li­can Chris­tian Mis­sion­ary So­ci­ety (CMS) at Ma­su­li­pa­tam (now Ma­chi­li­pat­nam, An­dhra Pra­desh), In­dia. He be­came As­sist­ant Sec­re­tary of the CMS in 1848.

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