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Fox, Charles, Sir, 1810-1874

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Personal name headingFox, Charles, Sir, 1810-1874
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See alsoFox, Henderson & Co.
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Birth date18100311
Death date18740611
Place of birthDerby, England
Place of deathLondon, England
Field of activityCivil engineering Railroads
Profession or occupationCivil engineer
Found inCrystal Palace, Joseph Paxton and Charles Fox, 1994: p. 18 (engineering contractor Charles Fox)
DNB (Fox, Sir Charles (1810-1874); engineer; b. Derby 3/11/1810; d. Blackheath 6/14/1874; chief undertaking was the building [i.e. Crystal Palace] in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851, designed by Paxton; recieved knighthood (10/22/1851))
Google search, Dec. 18, 2007 (Sir Charles Fox (1810-1874), engineer; his firm, Fox, Henderson & Co. undertook the contract for the Crystal Palace)
Wikipedia, Aug. 19, 2013 (Sir Charles Fox (11 March 1810, Derby, United Kingdom-11 June 1874) was an English civil engineer and contractor. His work focused on railways, railway stations and bridges. Sir Charles Fox died at Blackheath, London on 14 June 1874, at the age of sixty-four. )
Associated languageeng