Fox, Robert Barclay ___ 1817-1855 ___ British ___ n/a

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Barclay Fox was born in Cornwall into a rich Quaker family. His father, Robert Were Fox, was a scientist, and his sister Caroline was also a noted diarist. Barclay Fox married Jane Backhouse in 1844. He appears to have kept a diary for most of his life, starting when he was only a teenager, but much less after his marriage to Jane Gurney Backhouse. They had five children. The diary is notable for its detail on provincial life, and for its descriptions of several eminent people of the time, including John Stuart Mill and Thomas Carlyle.
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1832-1844 ___ religious society travel science people transport childhood

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
 

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Barclay Fox's Journal
 

May 2005, June 2008
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