Philip Fox (astronomer)

Philip Fox
Fox in 1935
Born(1878-03-07)March 7, 1878
Died21 July 1944(1944-07-21) (aged 66)
AllegianceUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Army
Service years1898–1943
RankColonel
ConflictsSpanish–American War
World War I
World War II
Other workAstronomer

Philip Fox (March 7, 1878 – July 21, 1944) was an American astronomer and an officer in the U.S. Army. He was the first director of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, the first planetarium in the western hemisphere.