Charles Elliot Fox CBE (26 September 1878 – 28 October 1977) was an Anglican missionary and teacher in Melanesia.
Fox was born in Stalbridge, Dorset, England, and educated in New Zealand, [1] graduating Master of Arts from Auckland University College in 1901. [2] He received a degree in theology from St John's College, Auckland in 1902, joined the Anglican Melanesian Mission in 1903 and was ordained the same year. [1]
Fox co-authored " Beliefs and Tales of San Cristobal" in 1915, which was later printed in the J Royal Anthropological Inst. [3]
Starting around 1924, Fox worked on a dictionary the Lau language of Malaita [4] [1] and one of the Arosi language of Makira in the Solomon Islands. [5]
In 1932, Fox declined the post of Bishop of the Melanesian Mission. In the same year he was admitted to the Melanesian Brotherhood. [6]
In the 1974 New Year Honours, Fox was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for humanitarian services, particularly in the Solomon Islands. [7] He died in New Zealand in 1977, aged 99 years. He is buried at the Melanesian Brotherhood headquarters at Tabalia in the Solomon Islands. [8]