Robert Were Fox

Robert Were Fox

Robert Were Fox may refer to:

*Robert Were Fox the Elder, businessman, 1754 - 1818
*Robert Were Fox the Younger F.R.S. 1789 - 1877


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  • Anna Maria Fox — (February 21,1816 Barclay Fox s journal . See Sources above for bibliographical details.] – November 18,1897 [ DQB See Sources above.] ) was promoter of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society and the artistic and cultural development of Falmouth… …   Wikipedia

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