Kate Fox Explained

Nationality:	British
Parents:	Robin Fox (father)
Alma Mater:	Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Workplaces:	MCM Research Ltd. Social Issues Research Centre
Spouse:
Discipline:	Social anthropologist

Kate Fox is a British social anthropologist, co-director of the Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC)^[1] and a Fellow of the Institute for Cultural Research.^[2] She has written several books, including Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour.

Biography

Kate Fox is the daughter of anthropologist Robin Fox. As a child she lived in the UK, the United States, France, and Ireland. She studied for an undergraduate degree in anthropology and philosophy at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.^[3] In 1989 she became co-director of MCM Research Ltd., and continues to provide consulting services.^{[4] [5]} She is now a co-director of the Social Issues Research Centre, based in Oxford, England.^[6]

In 2004, Fox married neurosurgeon and author Henry Marsh,^[7] having been previously married to Peter Kibby (during which time she was credited as Kate Fox Kibby).^[8]

Publications

Fox has written a number of books, including:

• Book: Marsh, Peter . Drinking and Public Disorder: A Report of Research Conducted for the Portman Group by MCM Research . 1992 . . 978-0-9518762-0-6 . Kate Fox Kibby.
• Book: Kate Fox . . 1993 . Alan Sutton . 978-0-7509-0532-9.
• Book: Kate Fox . Passport to the Pub: The Tourist's Guide to Pub Etiquette . 1996 . Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association . 978-1-899344-09-3.
• Book: Kate Fox . The Racing Tribe: Watching the Horsewatchers . 7 October 1999 . Metro Books . 978-0-7658-0838-7.
• Book: Kate Fox . The Flirting Report . . 2004.
• Book: Kate Fox . Watching the English: the hidden rules of English behaviour . 2004 . Hodder & Stoughton . 0-340-81886-7. Watching the English: the hidden rules of English behaviour .
  In this book, Fox conducts experiments and uses participant observation to analyse the cultural norms of the English.^[9]

External links

• News: Sands. Sarah. How to be English. The Telegraph. 19 December 2017. London. 9 May 2004.
• News: The awkward squad . Catherine Bennett . The Guardian . 24 July 2004 . 22 May 2011. Criticism of Fox's work, particularly her book, Watching the English.
• Kate Fox's biography at the SIRC web site

Notes and References

1. News: Kate Fox: Behaviour sleuth. The Independent. London.
2. Web site: Fellows / Dr Kate Fox . Institute for Cultural Research . 13 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170708092123/http://www.i-c-r.org.uk/fellows.php . 8 July 2017 . dead .
3. 'Cambridge University Tripos Examination Results', The Times, 7 July 1983, p. 14.
4. Web site: Kate Fox bio at MCM Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20130121175854/http://www.mcmresearch.co.uk/kate.html . 21 January 2013 . MCM Research. 13 January 2014.
5. Web site: About MCM Research. MCM Research. 11 February 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110907010015/http://www.mcmresearch.co.uk/about.html. 7 September 2011.
6. Web site: Kate Fox. www.sirc.org.
7. Web site: Life and death at his fingertips: watching a brain surgeon at work. 20 March 2014.
8. Web site: Phil Mellows Diary Archive 17 October 2011. www.philmellows.com.
9. Fox, K. (2008). Watching the English the Hidden Rules of English Behaviour. (pp. 1-2, 10, 17). London, UK: Nicholas Brealey Publishing.