Ralph Winston Fox

This article is about the British Communist writer. For the American mathematician, see Ralph Fox.

Ralph Winston Fox
Born30 March 1900
Halifax, England
Died(Disputed) 28 December 1936
Jaén, Battle of Lopera
Cause of deathKilled during the Battle of Lopera
MonumentsOxford Spanish Civil War memorial
NationalityBritish
EducationDegree in Modern Languages, Magdalen College, University of Oxford
OrganizationInternational Brigade
Political partyCommunist Party of Great Britain
Relatives(Brother) Sir Lionel Wray Fox.[1]
Ralph (Winston) Fox's name on the Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial. He along with five others with links to Oxfordshire were commemorated with this memorial, erected in 2017.

Ralph Winston Fox (30 March 1900 – 28 December 1936) was a British revolutionary, journalist, novelist, and historian, best remembered as a biographer of Lenin and Genghis Khan. Fox was one of the best-known members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to be killed in Spain fighting against the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.

  1. ^ "Lionel Wray Fox". Heath Old Boys Association. August 2018.