- Caroline Fox
Caroline Fox (
24 May 1819 –12 January 1871 ) was an English diarist. She was the daughter of Robert Were Fox FRS of the influential Fox family of Falmouth, and was the younger sister of bothBarclay Fox , also a diarist [Her brother's journal was published in 1979, in a scholarly edition.] , andAnna Maria Fox .Caroline was well known as the authoress of a diary, recording memories of many distinguished people, such as
John Stuart Mill , John Sterling andThomas Carlyle . Selections from her diary and correspondence (1835–1871) were published under the title of "Memories of Old Friends: Caroline Fox of Penjerrick, Cornwall" (edited by H. N. Pym, 1881; 2nd edition, 1882). [For more details about this publication and the editor's relationships with members of the Fox family, see the "Wikipedia" article onHorace Pym ] A selection from the Victorian edition was published in 1972. ["The journals of Caroline Fox, 1835–1871: a selection", ed.Wendy Monk ; London, Paul Elek, (1972) ISBN 0-236-15447-8 "see also":ODNB V. E. Chancellor, ‘Fox, Caroline (1819–1871)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10019, accessed 13 June 2006] ] .She died on
12 January 1871 and was buried in the Quaker Burial Ground atBudock .See also
* cite book
last = Fox
first = Caroline
authorlink = Caroline Fox
editor= Wendy Monk
title = The journals of Caroline Fox, 1835–1871: a selection
publisher= Paul Elek
location = London
date= 1972
id=ISBN 0-236-15447-8* cite book
last = Tod
first = Robert
authorlink = Robert Tod
editor=
title = Caroline Fox, Quaker blue-stocking 1819-1871, friend ofJohn Stuart Mill , Thomas and Jane Carlyle,Frederick Denison Maurice and helper of sailors in distress
publisher= Sessions
location = York
date= 1980
id=ISBN 0-900657-54-5* cite book
last = Harris
first = Wilson
authorlink = Wilson Harris (Author of Caroline Fox - 1944)
editor=
title = Caroline Fox
publisher= Constable
location = London
date= 1944
id= . (Henry) Wilson Harris (1883–1955), journalist and author (Biographer of Caroline Fox), is the subject of an article inODNB : Derek Hudson, ‘Harris, (Henry) Wilson (1883–1955)’, rev. Marc Brodie, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33725] , accessed 10 Dec 2007] His parents were Plymouth Quakers.]Notes and references
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NAME=Fox, Caroline
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Diarist
DATE OF BIRTH=May 24 ,1819
PLACE OF BIRTH=Falmouth
DATE OF DEATH=January 12 ,1871
PLACE OF DEATH=Falmouth
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