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Adam Fox .
Adam Fox (1883–1977), Canon, was the Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford . He was one of the first members of the literary group "Inklings ". He was Oxford Professor of Poetry and later he became Canon of Westminster Abbey . He was also warden of Radley College .
Biography
He was headmaster of the Radley College (1918–1924).[ 1] Between 1938 and 1942 he was Oxford Professor of Poetry . Later he became Canon of Westminster Abbey and he is buried there in Poets' Corner .
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.[citation needed ]
He was one of the first members of the "Inklings ", a literary group which also included C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien . In his 1945 Plato for Pleasure , he tried to introduce the general public to Plato . Fox wished to make Plato well known among the English Classics once again and hoped that people would study the platonic dialogues , as well as the plays of Shakespeare . His biography of William Ralph Inge , the theologian, philosopher and Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral , was awarded the 1960 James Tait Black Memorial Prize soon after its publication.[citation needed ]
The (UK) Times of 19 Jan 1977 (issue No. 59911) carries a detailed obituary.
References
^ "Adam Fox" . Westminster Abbey . 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020 .
Further reading
Gerold, Thomas. "Adam Fox (1883–1977). Dichter und Christlicher Platoniker". In Inklings-Jahrbuch für Literatur und Ästhetik 19 (2001), pp. 201–214
Glyer, Diana (2007). The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community ISBN 978-0-87338-890-0
Karlson III, Henry C. Antony (2010). Thinking with the Inklings . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-4505-4130-5 .
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