Fox Family and The BAAS
The Fox family descended from R W Fox the Elder had a long engagement with the British Association for the Advancement of Science (now called the British Science Association), founded in 1831.
In August 1835, Barclay Fox, aged 19, recorded in his Journal his visit to Dublin, for the BAAS Annual Meeting, with his father, Robert Were Fox the younger and his uncle, Charles Fox. R W Fox read a paper to the Physics section and demonstrated his instrument. In 1836, Barclay Fox records a large family visit to Bristol, at the time of the BAAS Annual Meeting in 1836. His younger sister, Caroline was in the party and attended the Physics`section.
In 1837, the family made a tour of the North of England, and this included the BAAS Annual Meeting in Liverpool. Caroline was also present at this event.
In 1841, Barclay attended the Annual Meeting held at Plymouth, with his two sisters and became a life member..
Caroline Fox also attended the 1857 Annual meeting, in Dublin. Her father read a paper on the temperature in mines in the Geological Section.
In August, 1884, Barclay and Caroline's older sister, Anna Maria visited Canada and the USA, with her nephew, Howard Fox, to attend the British Association meeting in Montreal and the meeting of the BAAS with the American Association in Philadelphia.
At the British Association's Annual Meeting held in Nottingham in September 1893, Howard Fox read a paper to the Geology Section "The radiolarian cherts of Cornwall".
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