Fox, George Levi, 1852-1931

George L. Fox: taught at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, 1877-1885; in 1885 became rector of Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven; in 1901 established the University School.

George Levi Fox, B.A. 1874.

Born November 16, 1852, in New Haven, Conn.

Died August 6, 1931, in New Haven, Conn.

Father, Levi Goodell Fox, an engineer; son of Joseph Kneeland and Sally (Gray) Fox, of Hadley, Mass. Mother, Elizabeth Hamlin (Bodfish) Fox; daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Bodfish, of Windsor, Conn.

Hopkins Grammar School. Entered Yale with the Class of 1873, but left during the first term on account of ill health; reentered with the Class of 1874; first prize in English composition Freshman year; second Berkeley Premium Sophomore year; dissertation appointment Junior and Senior years; speaker at Commencement; an editor of Yale Courant ; member Gamma Nu, Phi Theta Psi, and Psi Upsilon.

Taught the classics at General Russell's Collegiate and Commercial Institute, New Haven, 1874-75; engaged in private tutoring in New Haven 1875-77; studied in Yale Graduate School 1874-77 and Yale School of Law 1878-79 (LL.B. 1879); admitted to bar of New Haven County; senior teacher in Latin and Greek at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, 1877-1885; M.A. 1885; rector of Hopkins Grammar School 1885-1901; head of Fox Tutoring School, New Haven, 1885-1926; lecturer on municipal administration at Yale 1895-1900; gave course of twelve lectures on the Great Public Schools of England before Lowell Institute, Boston; had also lectured widely on same subject and against Sinn Feinism; assisted in Liberal Budget Election campaign in England 1909; took part in campaign against the House of Lords 1910; member Connecticut Commission on Arbitration and Mediation 1917-1920; member Committee of Seven of American Historical Association on the teaching of history 1896-98 and contributed to its Report; author: The Study of Politics (1885) and of numerous critical pamphlets on Prussianized Germany, Sinn Feiners, and Panama Canal; contributed to the Nation, Journal of Education (London), London Spectator, Political Science Quarterly, Yale Review, Yale Alumni Weekly, Proceedings of American Political Science Association (of which a member) (1906), School and Society, New York World, and Springfield Republican ; member Connecticut Civil Service Reform Association, and Center Church (Congregational), New Haven.

Unmarried.

Death due to acute myocardial failure and diabetes mellitus. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by two nephews, one of whom is Edward L. Fox, '93 S. By the terms of his will Yale was made one of the residuary legatees, the bequest to be used for scholarships to be known as the George L. Fox Scholarships; his library also was given to Yale University with the provision that duplicates should be made available to the New Haven Public Library.

(Taken from Yale University Obituary Record ).

From the guide to the George Levi Fox papers, 1874-1930, (Manuscripts and Archives)