Canon Adam Fox (1883–1977) was the Dean of Divinity at C.S. Lewis's Magdalen College, Oxford. He was one of the first members of the Inklings literary group headed by Lewis. Between 1938 and 1942 he was Professor of Poetry. Then he became Canon of Westminster Abbey. He is buried there in the Poet's Corner. 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ... College name Magdalen College Named after Mary Magdalene Established 1458 Sister College Magdalene College President Professor David Clary FRS JCR President Iain Anstess Undergraduates 395 Graduates 230 Homepage Boatclub Magdalen College (pronounced ) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford where the Inklings met on Thursday nights from 1939. ... The chair of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford is an unusual, high-profile academic appointment, now normally held for five years. ... The Abbeys western facade The Collegiate Church of St John, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... Poets corner Poets Corner is the name traditionally given to a section of the South Transept of Westminster Abbey due to the number of poets, playwrights and writers now buried and commemorated there. ...

During his time at Oxford, he wrote his long poem in four books "Old King Coel". It has its name from the legendary British father of the Empress Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine. As Professor of Poetry, Fox called for a poetry, which is accesible to the reader, and gives enough pleasure to be read again. That was very important for him, because poetry, which is not reread, will not be understood, and will therefore be irrelevant. This call can be understood as a criticism against some forms of modern poetry. The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... A legendary king of Celtic Britain, about all that can be said about Old King Cole with any certainty is that: Old King Cole in an illustration by Maxfield Parrish, 1909. ... Helena on a coin. ... Contemporary bronze head of Constantine. ... The chair of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford is an unusual, high-profile academic appointment, now normally held for five years. ...

Adam Fox surely did not belong to the most important Inklings. Yet he is of interest. He has published in the field between Christianity and Platonism. In Plato for Pleasure, he tried to introduce the general public to Plato. Fox aimed to give Plato a place among the English classics again and hoped that people would know the platonic dialogues as well as the plays of Shakespeare. His biography of William Ralph Inge, the famous theologian, philospher and Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral is still the most important work on that subject. The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Platonic idealism is the theory that the substantive reality around us is only a reflection of a higher truth. ... Plato Plato (Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn) (ca. ... Plato Plato (Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn) (ca. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Cover of Time Magazine (24 November 1924) William Ralph Inge (June 6, 1860 - February 26, 1954) was an English author, Anglican prelate and professor of divinity at Cambridge. ... In religious terminology, a dean is a title accorded to persons holding cartain positions of authority within a religious heirarchy. ... St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London in London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. ...

Books

• Old King Coel
• Dean Inge
• Plato for Pleasure
• Plato and the Christians
• Poetry for Pleasure

Further reading

• Gerold, Thomas, Adam Fox (1883–1977). Dichter und Christlicher Platoniker. In Inklings-Jahrbuch für Literatur und Ästhetik 19 (2001), 201–214.