William Johnson Fox

(1786-1864)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fox, W. J. (William Johnson), 1786-1864 NRA: Fox William Johnson (1786-1864) Preacher Politician and Journalist DNB: Fox, William Johnson (1786-1864), preacher and politician LBT ID: WiFox1864 VIAF ID: 8167549 LOC ID: n88130913	B/BAP: 1786-03-01 DIED: 1864-06-03
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Unitarian preacher at the South Place Chapel in London, editor of the Monthly Repository, and MP for Oldham (1847-63). He was a member of Jeremy Bentham's radical circle.
REFERENCES TO William Johnson Fox: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 3: The Sun Found 1: ¶ 12 Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877, Recollections of Writers (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878) Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 3 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VII. 1847-50. Found 1: ¶ 2