John Fox | |
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Nationality | English |
Occupation | Nonconformist minister |
John Fox (fl. 1676) was an English nonconformist minister.
Fox took the degree of B.A. at Cambridge, as a member of Clare Hall, in 1624 (Notes and Queries, 2nd ser. v. 438). During the Commonwealth he held the vicarage of Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire. After his ejectment in 1662 he became pastor of a congregation at Nailsworth in the same county. He is the author of two treatises of considerable merit, entitled:
He has been frequently confused with John Foxe the ' martyr-maker.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goodwin, Gordon (1889). " Fox, John (fl.1676)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 20. London: Smith, Elder & Co.