Cyril Fox

Sir Cyril Fox FSA FBA MRIA
Four Elms, in Rhiwbina Garden Village, Cardiff, carries a Blue plaque commemorating Fox’s occupancy
Born	(1882-12-16)16 December 1882 Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
Died	15 January 1967(1967-01-15) (aged 84) Exeter, Devon, England
Spouse(s)	Olive Congreve-Pridgeon ​ ​ (m. 1916; died 1932)​ Aileen Mary Henderson ​ ​ (m. 1933)​
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.