William Fox
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William Fox may refer to:
- William Fox (footballer)William Fox (footballer)William Taylor Fox was an Irish international footballer who played as a full back.Fox played club football for Ulster, and earned two caps for Ireland at the 1887 British Home Championship.-External links:*...
, Irish international footballer active in the 1880s. - William Fox (England) (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
17th century), Paymaster of the ForcesPaymaster of the ForcesThe Paymaster of the Forces was a position in the British government. The office, which was established 1661 after the Restoration, was responsible for part of the financing of the British Army. The first to hold the office was Sir Stephen Fox. Before his time it had been the custom to appoint...
of England - William Johnson FoxWilliam Johnson FoxWilliam Johnson Fox was an English religious and political orator.-Life:He was born near Southwold, Suffolk. He trained for the Independent ministry, at the dissenting academy known as Homerton College...
(1786–1864), British politician - William F. FoxWilliam F. FoxCol. William F. Fox was the Superintendent of Forests at the Adirondack Park in New York State.Fox was born in Ballston Spa, New York on January 11, 1840. He graduated from the Engineering Department of Union College in 1869. He fought in the American Civil War and wrote extensively about his war...
(1840–1909), forester, 19th century member of the 28th Regiment United States Colored Troops and author of Regimental Losses in the American Civil War - William Darwin FoxWilliam Darwin FoxThe Reverend William Darwin Fox was an English clergyman, naturalist, and a 2nd cousin of Charles Robert Darwin.- Early life :...
(1805–1880), English clergyman and amateur scientist - William Fox (New Zealand)William Fox (New Zealand)Sir William Fox, KCMG was the second Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system , and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from...
(1812–1893), Premier of New Zealand - William Fox (palaeontologist)William Fox (palaeontologist)William D. Fox was an English clergyman and palaeontologist who worked on the Isle of Wight and made some significant discoveries of dinosaur fossils....
(1813–1881), English clergyman and pioneer dinosaur hunter - William Fox (producer)William Fox (producer)William Fox born Fried Vilmos was a pioneering Hungarian American motion picture executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s...
(1879–1952), founder of movie studio Fox Film Corporation - William Victor FoxWilliam Victor FoxWilliam Victor Fox was an English sportsman who played both cricket and football to a high level.-Cricket:...
(1898–1949), English footballer and cricketer - William Fox (actor)William Fox (actor)William Hubert Fox TD was a British character actor and writer. Fox enjoyed early success on the stage playing juvenile roles...
(1911–2008), English comedy actor - William Thornton Rickert FoxWilliam Thornton Rickert FoxWilliam Thornton Rickert Fox , generally known as W.T.R. Fox or as William T.R. Fox, was an American foreign policy professor and international relations theoretician at the Columbia University . He is perhaps mostly known as the coiner of the term superpower in 1944...
(1912–1988), American foreign policy professor at Columbia University - William Price FoxWilliam Price FoxWilliam Price Fox is an American novelist, who wrote Southern Fried and Doctor Golf. Fox has contributed to publications such as Sports Illustrated, L.A. Times, USA Today and Atlantic Monthly...
(born 1924), American novelist and essayist
See also
- Bill Fox (disambiguation)Bill Fox (disambiguation)Bill Fox may refer to:*Bill Fox, American musician with The Mice*Bill Fox , New Zealand Labour Party politician*Bill Fox , Major League Baseball infielder-See also:*William Fox *Billy Fox...
- Billy Fox (disambiguation)
- William Fox TalbotWilliam Fox TalbotWilliam Henry Fox Talbot was a British inventor and a pioneer of photography. He was the inventor of calotype process, the precursor to most photographic processes of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was also a noted photographer who made major contributions to the development of photography as an...
(1800–1877), pioneer of photography - William Fox-PittWilliam Fox-PittWilliam Speed Lane Fox-Pitt , known as William Fox-Pitt, is an English equestrian. He has had notable successes at the Burghley, Badminton, Blenheim and Bramham Horse Trials...
, British eventing rider - William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of IlchesterWilliam Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of IlchesterWilliam Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester FRS , styled The Honourable William Fox-Strangways until 1858, was a British diplomat and Whig politician...
, British diplomat, nobleman and Whig politician