# Kate Fox

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{{short description|British anthropologist}}
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| parents = [Robin Fox](/source/Robin_Fox_(anthropologist)) (father)
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| workplaces = MCM Research Ltd.<br>[Social Issues Research Centre](/source/Social_Issues_Research_Centre)
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* {{marriage|[Henry Marsh](/source/Henry_Marsh_(neurosurgeon))|2004}}
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'''Kate Fox''' is a British [social anthropologist](/source/Social_anthropology), co-director of the [Social Issues Research Centre](/source/Social_Issues_Research_Centre) (SIRC)<ref>{{cite news|title=Kate Fox: Behaviour sleuth|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kate-fox-behaviour-sleuth-502278.html|work=The Independent| location=London}}</ref> and a Fellow of the Institute for Cultural Research.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fellows / Dr Kate Fox |publisher=Institute for Cultural Research |url=http://www.i-c-r.org.uk/fellows.php |accessdate=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708092123/http://www.i-c-r.org.uk/fellows.php |archive-date=8 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has written several books, including ''[Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour](/source/Watching_the_English)''.

==Biography==
Kate Fox is the daughter of anthropologist [Robin Fox](/source/Robin_Fox_(anthropologist)).  As a child she lived in the UK, the United States, France, and Ireland. She studied for an undergraduate degree in [anthropology](/source/anthropology) and philosophy at [Trinity Hall, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_Hall%2C_Cambridge).<ref>'Cambridge University Tripos Examination Results', ''The Times'', 7 July 1983, p. 14.</ref> In 1989 she became co-director of MCM Research Ltd., and continues to provide consulting services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kate Fox bio at MCM Research|url=http://www.mcmresearch.co.uk/kate.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121175854/http://www.mcmresearch.co.uk/kate.html | archivedate=21 January 2013 | publisher=MCM Research|url-status=usurped|accessdate=13 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About MCM Research|url=http://www.mcmresearch.co.uk/about.html|publisher=MCM Research|accessdate=11 February 2012|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907010015/http://www.mcmresearch.co.uk/about.html|archivedate=7 September 2011}}</ref> She is now a co-director of the [Social Issues Research Centre](/source/Social_Issues_Research_Centre), based in [Oxford, England](/source/Oxford%2C_England).<ref name="SIRC_bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sirc.org/about/kate_fox.html|title=Kate Fox|website=www.sirc.org|access-date=27 June 2006|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023053029/http://www.sirc.org/about/kate_fox.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2004, Fox married [neurosurgeon](/source/neurosurgeon) and author [Henry Marsh](/source/Henry_Marsh_(neurosurgeon)),<ref name="NewStatesman 03 2014">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2014/03/life-and-death-his-fingertips-watching-brain-surgeon-work|title=Life and death at his fingertips: watching a brain surgeon at work|date=20 March 2014}}</ref> having been previously married to Peter Kibby (during which time she was credited as Kate Fox Kibby).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philmellows.com/PhilMellows_Diary_17_10_11.htm|title=Phil Mellows Diary Archive 17 October 2011|website=www.philmellows.com}}</ref>

==Publications==
Fox has written a number of books, including:

*{{cite book |last=Marsh |first=Peter |title=Drinking and Public Disorder: A Report of Research Conducted for the Portman Group by MCM Research |year=1992 |publisher=[Portman Group](/source/Portman_Group) |isbn=978-0-9518762-0-6 |author2=Kate Fox Kibby}}
*{{cite book |author=Kate Fox |title=Pubwatching with [Desmond Morris](/source/Desmond_Morris) |year=1993 |publisher=Alan Sutton |isbn=978-0-7509-0532-9}}
*{{cite book |author=Kate Fox |url=http://www.sirc.org/publik/ptpintro.html |title=Passport to the Pub: The Tourist's Guide to Pub Etiquette |year=1996 |publisher=Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association |isbn=978-1-899344-09-3}}
*{{cite book |author=Kate Fox |title=The Racing Tribe: Watching the Horsewatchers |date=7 October 1999 |publisher=Metro Books |isbn=978-0-7658-0838-7}}
*Kate Fox (2004). ''[http://www.sirc.org/publik/advanced_flirting.shtml The Flirting Report].'' The [Social Issues Research Center](/source/Social_Issues_Research_Centre).
*{{cite book |author=Kate Fox |title=Watching the English: the hidden rules of English behaviour |year=2004 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=0-340-81886-7|title-link=Watching the English: the hidden rules of English behaviour }}<br> In this book, Fox conducts experiments and uses participant observation to analyse the cultural norms of the English.<ref>Fox, K. (2008). Watching the English the Hidden Rules of English Behaviour. (pp. 1-2, 10, 17). London, UK: Nicholas Brealey Publishing.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite news|last=Sands|first=Sarah|title=How to be English|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3616598/How-to-be-English.html|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=19 December 2017|location=London|date=9 May 2004}}
* {{cite news |title= The awkward squad |author= Catherine Bennett |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jul/24/highereducation.news1 |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 24 July 2004 |accessdate=22 May 2011}} Criticism of Fox's work, particularly her book, ''Watching the English''.
* [http://www.sirc.org/about/kate_fox.html Kate Fox's biography at the SIRC web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023053029/http://www.sirc.org/about/kate_fox.html |date=23 October 2018 }}

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