Thomas Fox

Thomas Colcott Fox (13 June 1849 – 11 April 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and dermatologist.

Early life and career The eighth son of physician Luther Owen Fox, Thomas Fox was born in June 1849 at Broughton, Hampshire. He was educated at both Queenwood College and University College School, before matriculating to Peterhouse, Cambridge. He scored 10 runs in these two matches, and bowled seven wicketless overs.

Career One of Fox's earliest medical appointment was as medical superintendent at the Fulham Smallpox Hospital. becoming physician for diseases of the skin at Westminster Hospital and visiting dermatologist for the Ringworm School of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. He held additional positions at the Victoria Hospital for Children and the St. George and St. James's Dispensary, and was a consultant physician to the skin department at the Paddington Green Children's Hospital. In 1889 he introduced the term figurate erythema. It was noted in his obituary in The Lancet that "he influenced British dermatology more powerfully than any of his contemporaries".

Death Fox died at Westminster on 11 April 1916.