Sir Cyril Fox | |
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Born | Chippenham, Wiltshire, England | 16 December 1882
Died | 15 January 1967 Exeter, Devon, England | (aged 84)
Spouse(s) |
Olive Congreve-Pridgeon
(m. 1916; died 1932) |
Children | 2 daughters, 3 sons |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Archaeology, museum director |
Institutions | National Museum of Wales |
Sir Cyril Fred Fox FSA FBA MRIA (16 December 1882[1] – 15 January 1967) was an English archaeologist and museum director.
Fox became keeper of archaeology at the National Museum of Wales, and subsequently served as director from 1926 to 1948. His most notable achievements were collaborative. With his second wife, Aileen Fox, he surveyed and excavated several prehistoric monuments in Wales.[2] With Iorwerth Peate, he established the Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagans, and with Lord Raglan, he authored a definitive history of vernacular architecture, Monmouthshire Houses.