Frank Fox (author)
| Sir Frank Fox | |
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Sir Frank Fox by Norman Lindsay
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| Born |
12 August 1874 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Died | 4 March 1960 (aged 85) Chichester, Sussex, England |
| Alma mater | Christ's College |
| Occupation | Journalist, soldier, author and campaigner |
| Notable work | The Lone Hand (magazine) |
| Parent(s) |
Charles James Fox Mary Ann |
Sir Frank James Fox (1874-1960) was a journalist, soldier, author and campaigner. He was born in 1874 in Adelaide, second son of Charles James Fox, journalist, and his wife Mary Ann, née Toole. He moved to Hobart in 1883, when his father became editor of the Tasmanian Mail, and was educated at Christ's College, Hobart. At an early age he wrote paragraphs for his father's paper. His great-grandson is the former British Conservative Member of Parliament Dr. Charles Goodson-Wickes.
Fox joined the staff of the Sydney Bulletin in 1901 and was Acting Editor for a time. As 'Frank Renar', he published his first book Bushman and Buccaneer, a memoir of Harry Morant which became the seminal work for subsequent books, plus and the acclaimed film Breaker Morant.
While still working for the Bulletin, Fox was appointed in 1907-09 first editor and manager of the magazine Lone Hand, a month publication of literature and poetry. Fox published a volume of political essays, From the Old Dog (Melbourne), in 1908. He was a keen horseman; riding out regularly with his literary colleagues Andrew Banjo Paterson and Norman Lindsay. In spite of the latter describing him as an equine exhibitionist, Lindsay most unusually paint an equestrian portrait of Fox.
Lindsay wrote Bohemians of the Bulletin which is illustrated with his doodles.
Fox was appointed as an assistant editor for the Morning Post in December 1909 and later in 1910, he was promoted as the news editor. He published Ramparts of Empire (1910) about the navy, Australia (1910), The British Empire (1911), Problems of the Pacific (1912) and many travel books.
Motivated by the atrocities he witnessed to the civilian population in Belgium he was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery on 13 December 1914, over age at 41, and served in France. He was twice wounded in the Battle of the Somme. In 1917-18 he was at the War Office working for Mi7, publishing "The Battle of the Ridges" and "The British Army at War" designed to educate the American Public about the British war effort. He then served as Staff Captain at the Quartermaster General's branch, General Headquarters, in France, and wrote a contemporary account of Life there ("GHQ" Montreuil-sur-Mer).
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