霍彼達先後在澳大利亞蒙納士大學獲得數學專業學士（1979年）數學專業榮譽學士（1980年）和應用數學專業博士（1985年）等學位。在博士學習期間，福克斯曾在啟思蒙理工學院數學系擔任講師（1982-83）及在蒙納士大學數學系擔任助理研究科學家（1983-85）。
Hobeda received his Bachelor of Mathematics (1979), Bachelor of Honours in Mathematics (1980) and Doctor of Applied Mathematics (1985) from Monash University, Australia. During his Ph.D. studies, Fox was a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at the Enlightenment Institute of Technology (1982-83) and an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Mathematics at Monash University (1983-85).