Evelyn Fox
(1874-1955), Mental health worker; Vice-President of National Association for Mental Health; specialist in epilepsy
About Evelyn Fox
Lived 1874 – 1955 (aged 80–81). Evelyn Fox was an activist.
Dame Evelyn Emily Marian Fox DBE (1874–1955) was a noted British health worker, specializing in mental health and epilepsy. She studied history at Somerville College, Oxford.
Fox, who was General Secretary of the National Association for Mental Health (NAMH – now known as MIND) in the late 1940s, along with Tyler Fox (no relation), Medical Director of the Epilepsy Colony at Lingfield, Surrey and Irene Gairdner, a social science graduate from the London School of Economics, were the driving forces for the creation of the British Epilepsy Association (BEA).
Legacy Dame Evelyn Fox School, Blackburn was named in her honour. The school closed in 2000.
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Who was Evelyn Fox?
(1874-1955), Mental health worker; Vice-President of National Association for Mental Health; specialist in epilepsy
When was Evelyn Fox born?
Evelyn Fox was born in 1874.
When did Evelyn Fox die?
Evelyn Fox died on 1 June 1955.
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Evelyn Fox was an activist.
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