Vanessa Fox (11 May 1961 - 21 May 2019) was a most amazing woman: daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend and a superb lawyer who worked tirelessly to make people's lives better. She was also a voracious reader and a proud graduate of Downing College, Cambridge. Books, especially academic books, are not cheap and this fund in her name is intended to enable Downing students to buy books they might not otherwise be able to afford and in so doing honour her memory.