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Alexander Fox

Family Name: Fox Variant Spellings:

Given Names: Alexander

DOB 18 September 1837
DOD 13 June 1876

Place of Birth:
Place of Death: Thames, NZ

Age at Death: 39

School:
University:

Qualifications: LSA 1867
MRCS 1867
MRCP 1869
MD Brussels
Speciality:

Other Occupations:

Spouse: Ellen Phillips m.1869

Children: Four children

Voyages: "Prince of Wales" from London arr. Melbourne 28 March 1859
Departed "Naval Reserve" dep. Melbourne for Callao 11 April 1864

Came out as: Passenger

Date Settled Aus: 1859
Date of Departure: 1864

First Registered:
Off Register:

Addresses: Ballarat, Victoria 1859-1864
London, England 1864-1867
Finsbury Pavement, London 1867 (Medical Register)
Goldfield, Thames NZ 1868
London 1869
Shortland, Thames New Zealand

Positions Held: Clinical Assistant, London Hospital 1867
Consulting Physician at NE Hospital for Children, Hackney Road, London ? 1869
Surgeon at Thames Hospital, NZ

Publications:

Notes: He was not registered and did not practise in Australia, but did undergo his early training in medicine at Ballarat
At Ballarat he worked as manager of a chemist's shop owned by a surgeon [name unknown - Ed.] and commenced studying medicine privately
He returned to England in 1864 and there studied medicine, probably at the London Hospital
Founded in company with wife Ellen Phillips, the NE Hospital For Children, Hackney Road
Died of Pneumonia at Thames, NZ 1876
Brother of Henry Tregelles Fox (qv)
He came from a Quaker family

Acknowledgments: This record was updated in November 2009 with information from Cathy Stevenson, Victoria

References: Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1868 [Alexander Fox, London, MRCS 1867 LSA 1867 registered 25 July 1867]
Oats M. Biographical Index of Quakers in Australia before 1862. [Hobart, 1982 Privately Published]
Wright-St.Clair RE. Historia nunc vivat: medical practitioners in New Zealand 1830 to 1940. Digital edition. Christchurch, 2013
Public Record Office of Victoria. Index to outward passengers....1852-1896
Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 30 March 1859 [arrival of "Prince of Wales" from London]
Shipping. Leader (Melbourne) 16 April 1864 [departure of "Naval Reserve" for Callao]

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last updated 08-08-2020

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Alexander Fox
Family Name:	Fox	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	Alexander

DOB	18 September 1837	DOD	13 June 1876
Place of Birth:		Place of Death:	Thames, NZ
Age at Death:	39

School:		University:
Qualifications:	LSA 1867 MRCS 1867 MRCP 1869 MD Brussels	Speciality:
Other Occupations:

Spouse:	Ellen Phillips m.1869
Children:	Four children

Voyages:	"Prince of Wales" from London arr. Melbourne 28 March 1859 Departed "Naval Reserve" dep. Melbourne for Callao 11 April 1864
Came out as:	Passenger
Date Settled Aus:	1859	Date of Departure:	1864
First Registered:		Off Register:
Addresses:	Ballarat, Victoria 1859-1864 London, England 1864-1867 Finsbury Pavement, London 1867 (Medical Register) Goldfield, Thames NZ 1868 London 1869 Shortland, Thames New Zealand

Positions Held:	Clinical Assistant, London Hospital 1867 Consulting Physician at NE Hospital for Children, Hackney Road, London ? 1869 Surgeon at Thames Hospital, NZ
Publications:
Notes:	He was not registered and did not practise in Australia, but did undergo his early training in medicine at Ballarat At Ballarat he worked as manager of a chemist's shop owned by a surgeon [name unknown - Ed.] and commenced studying medicine privately He returned to England in 1864 and there studied medicine, probably at the London Hospital Founded in company with wife Ellen Phillips, the NE Hospital For Children, Hackney Road Died of Pneumonia at Thames, NZ 1876 Brother of Henry Tregelles Fox (qv) He came from a Quaker family
Acknowledgments:	This record was updated in November 2009 with information from Cathy Stevenson, Victoria
References:	Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1868 [Alexander Fox, London, MRCS 1867 LSA 1867 registered 25 July 1867] Oats M. Biographical Index of Quakers in Australia before 1862. [Hobart, 1982 Privately Published] Wright-St.Clair RE. Historia nunc vivat: medical practitioners in New Zealand 1830 to 1940. Digital edition. Christchurch, 2013 Public Record Office of Victoria. Index to outward passengers....1852-1896 Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 30 March 1859 [arrival of "Prince of Wales" from London] Shipping. Leader (Melbourne) 16 April 1864 [departure of "Naval Reserve" for Callao]
Portraits:
Links to Pictures:
Other Links:
	last updated 08-08-2020