Charles Elliot Fox
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, graduating from University of New Zealand. 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]
Around 1924, Fox worked on a dictionary and grammar of the Arosi language of Makira (formerly San Cristobal) in the Solomon Island (ISBN 0858831708), and the Lau language of Malaita (ISBN 0858831015).[1] He also wrote "Beliefs and Tales of San Cristobal" in 1915, later translated and printed in J Royal Anthropological Inst.[2]
In 1932, Charles Elliot Fox declined the post of Bishop of the Melanesian Missionary Church. In the same year he was admitted to the Melanesian Brotherhood.[3]
He died in New Zealand in 1977 aged 99 years.
References
- 1 2 "The Register of Charles Elliot Fox Papers 1924". Mandeville Special Collections Library Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego. Archived from the original on August 30, 2006. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ↑ "Series SISC - Solomon Islands - San Cristoval Island". Archive at PARADISEC. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ↑ "History of the Melanesian Brotherhood". Melanesian Brotherhood. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
Bibliography
- Kakamora (London, 1962)
External links
- Documents by Fox from Project Canterbury
- Charles Elliot Fox Papers MSS 18. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.