# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-fox
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:52:34.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-fox"
name: "Robert Fox"
slug: "robert-fox"
description: "Dr. Robert Fox MA, DPhil, FSA FRHistS is a leading British authority on the history of science. He is interested in the history of sciences and technology in Europe from the 18th century onwards. He has published extensively. His book The Savant and the State examines science, culture and politics in France between 1814 and 1914, while Science without Frontiers examines developments from the late nineteenth-century until the Second World War. In 2015, Fox received the George Sarton Medal, the premier award of the international History of Science Society (HSS). He was recognized as a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France's Ministry of Culture in 2006."
tagline: "British historian of science (born 1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert-Fox-CHF-Fellow-in-Focus-2013-009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.339021333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-fox-a06a80140/"
    handle:    "robert-fox-a06a80140"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fox_(jenavan)"
    title: "Robert Fox (jenavan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت فوكس (مؤرخ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت فوكس (مؤرخ من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fox_(Historiker)"
    title: "Robert Fox (Historiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fox_(historian)"
    title: "Robert Fox (historian)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fox_(historien)"
    title: "Robert Fox (historien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_(%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Фокс, Роберт (историк)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22087424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump