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John Foxe

Type Figure Region England Time 1516–1587 Also known as Foxe

English Reformation-era historian and author of martyrs' lives, born in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1516 and died in London in 1587;…

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  1. 1516–1559Boston · EnglandAfter being educated at Oxford he inclined toward Protestantism and, during Mary I's reign, went into exile on the continent, collecting martyrs' documents in Frankfurt, Basel, and elsewhere and preparing his writings.
  2. 1560–1570London · EnglandHe returned to England after Elizabeth I's accession, published the first edition of Actes and Monuments in 1563, issued a greatly expanded version in 1570, and completed his most influential historiographical work between 1561 and 1570.
  3. 1571–1587London · EnglandHe continued to revise the Book of Martyrs and took part in religious controversies, maintaining significant influence in late Tudor Protestant opinion, and died in London in 1587.

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