1587
John Foxe, English historian and author (born 1516)
John Foxe, English historian and author (born 1516)
John Foxe, English historian and author (born 1516)
John Foxe
English historian and martyrologist (died 1587)
- Died
- 1587
John Foxe was an English clergyman, theologian, and historian, notable for his martyrology Foxe's Book of Martyrs, telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferings of English Protestants and "proto-Protestants" from the 14th century and in the reign of Mary I. The book was widely owned and read by English Puritans and helped to mould British opinion on the Catholic Church for several centuries.