Adam Fox

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Adam Fox


Born
in Kensington, London, England
July 15, 1883

Died
January 17, 1977

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Influences
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield


Adam Fox, Canon, was the Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was one of the first members of the "Inklings", a literary group which also included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Between 1938 and 1942 he was Professor of Poetry. Later he became Canon of Westminster Abbey and he is buried there in Poet's Corner. He was also Warden (Headmaster) of the famous Radley College.

During his time at Oxford, he wrote his long poem in four books "Old King Coel". It gets its name from King Cole, legendary British father of the Roman Empress Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine. As Professor of Poetry, Fox advocated poetry which is intelligible to readers, and gives enough pleasure to be read again. This was important to him because p
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Average rating: 3.82 · 45 ratings · 7 reviews · 56 distinct works
Oral and Literate Culture i...

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Plato For Pleasure

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English Hymns and Hymn Writers

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Sacred and Secular: A Compa...

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Vardo Moon: Vardo Book 2

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Sacred and Secular

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Loving and Living with an A...

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Meet the Greek Testament: T...

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Old King Coel

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The pictorial history of We...

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