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Foxe

American  
[foks] / fɒks /

noun

  1. John, 1516–87, English martyrologist.


Foxe British  
/ fɒks /

noun

  1. John . 1516–87, English Protestant clergyman; author of History of the Acts and Monuments of the Church (1563), popularly known as the Book of Martyrs

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In one of Fox’s narratives—a tale within Ms. Oyeyemi’s tale—this fixation is called out by Mary Foxe, a character Mr. Fox has supposedly imagined.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

While some critics have accused Mantel of promoting anti-Catholic propaganda and treating Cromwell a little too kindly, she, unlike Foxe, does not shy away from the blood that trails Cromwell's ascent.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2025

In a new study, out today in theJournal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Foxe and a team of researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center may be closer to that goal of understanding.

From Science Daily Jan. 8, 2024

The entire Hammers group were thrown out of Sugar Reef, while Foxe was fined two weeks’ wages and given a free transfer at the end of the season.

From The Guardian Dec. 18, 2019

“An illustration from Foxe; one of the less attractive deaths, I have always thought, although who can fathom the ways of martyrs?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

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