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 both Barclay Fox, also a diarist [Her brother's journal was published in 1979, in a scholarly edition.] , and Anna 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 and Thomas 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 on Horace 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 at Budock.

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 of John 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 in ODNB: 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

Persondata
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