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John Foxe

16th-century English historian · Writers · Lived 1516 to 1587 · aged 71

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.

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The book was widely owned and read by English Puritans and helped to mould British opinion on the Catholic Church for several centuries.

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Lived 1516 to 1587 · aged 71