Foxe

John, an English divine; born in Boston, Lincoln shire, in 1516, He studied at Oxford, but was expelled in 1545, after becoming a convert to Protestant ism. His fame as an author mainly rests upon his “ History of the Acts and Monuments of the Church,” commonly known as “ Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.” This celebrated work, upon which he labored for 11 years, was published in 1563. He died in April, 1587.