| Authorised form of name | Fox; Robert Were (1789 - 1877); geologist and physicist |
| Dates | 1789 - 1877 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
| Date of birth | 26 April 1789 |
| Place of death | His house, Penjerrick, near Falmouth, Cornwall |
| Date of death | 25 July 1877 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Society of Friends' burial-ground at Budock, Cornwall |
| Activity | Education:
At home
Career:
Enter his father's counting house; countinued his own private study, being influenced by the work of Humphry Davy (FRS 1803) and John Dalton (FRS 1822); researched high-pressure steam and the temperature of mines; his work on geology and magnetism led to the improvement of the dipping needle, allowing more accurate observations at sea
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1848 |
| Relationships | Son of Robert Weare Fox , shipping agent and Quaker, and his wife Elizabeth daughter of Joseph Tregalles of Falmouth; married (1814) Maria, daughter of Robert Barclay of Bury Hill, Surrey; three children |
| Published works | 'On the Temperature of Mines' in 'Annals of Philosophy' 1822; 'Alloys of Platinum' in 'Annals of Philosophy' 1819; |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DQB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/22921193 |
| Royal Society code | NA6084 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MS/710/38 | Extract of a letter from Robert Were Fox to John Phillips, York | 9 April 1836 |
| IM/Maull/001528 | Fox, Robert Were | nd |
| MS/710/37 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth, to Davies Gilbert MP, Bridge Street, Westminster | 1 March 1831 |
| MS/710/39 | Letter from Robert Were Fox to Robert Hunt | 26 December 1840 |
| MS/710/40 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth, to Thomas Bell, Secretary of the Royal Society, Somerset House, London | 19 December 1849 |
| MS/710/36 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth, to Davies Giddy [Gilbert], London | 2 May 1807 |
| MS/119/1/36 | Dip observations in Scotland and England by Mr Robert Were Fox | 1837 |
| MS/257/2/197 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [Edward Sabine] | 9 March 1850 |
| MS/710/126 | Letter from Edward Solly; 32 Marlborough Buildings, Bath; to Robert Were Fox; Falmouth | 30 July 1848 |
| EC/1848/07 | Fox, Robert Were: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/257/2/193 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to Edward Sabine | 12 September 1846 |
| MS/710/41 | Notes on instruments by Robert Were Fox | nd |
| MC/1/252 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth, to Dr. Peter Mark Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 29 July 1830 |
| MS/257/2/192 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross] | 20 August 1846 |
| IM/001529 | Fox, Robert Were | 1988 |
| MS/710 | Letters to Robert Were Fox and to other members of the Fox family | 1801-1873 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| MS/257/2/185 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [Francis] Beaufort | [15 June 1839] |
| MS/257/2/191 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross] | 22 March 1845 |
| RR/1/73 | Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On certain irregularities in the magnetic needle, produced by partial warmth, and the relations which appear to subsist between terrestrial magnetism and the geological structure and thermo-electrical currents of the earth' by Robert Were Fox | 27 June 1832 |
| MS/257/2/196 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [Edward Sabine] | 28 October 1848 |
| MS/257/2/187 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark] Ross | 18 June 1839 |
| MS/257/2/189 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross] | 10 April 1840 |
| MS/257/2/190 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross] | 8 March 1845 |
| MS/257/2/195 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [Edward Sabine] | 26 February 1848 |
| MS/257/2/188 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross] | 15 July 1839 |
| MS/257/2/194 | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [Edward Sabine] | 28 December 1847 |
| AP/15/20 | Unpublished paper, 'On certain irregularities in the magnetic needle produced by partial warmth, and the relations which appear to subsist between terrestrial magnetism and the geological structure, and thermo-electrical currents of the earth' by Robert Were Fox | [1832] |