Evelyn Fox
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Dame Evelyn Emily Marian Fox, DBE (1874 – 1955) was a noted British health worker, specializing in mental health and epilepsy (http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101033231/).
The driving force for the creation of the British Epilepsy Association (BEA) came from the work of three people:
The driving force for the creation of the British Epilepsy Association (BEA) came from the work of three people:
- Evelyn Fox, who was General Secretary of the National Association for Mental Health (NAMH – now known as MIND) in the late 1940s
- Tyler Fox (no relation) who was Medical Director of the Epilepsy Colony at Lingfield, SurreyLingfield, SurreyLingfield is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. It is most famous for its horse racing course, Lingfield Park. Lingfield lies to the east of a section of the A22 which runs between Godstone and East Grinstead...
- Irene Gairdner, a social science graduate from the London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...