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Ronald Knox

1888 - 1957

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Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (17 February 1888 – 24 August 1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, author, and radio broadcaster. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he earned a high reputation as a classicist, Knox was ordained as a priest of the Church of England in 1912. He was a fellow and chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford until he resigned from those positions following his conversion to Catholicism in 1917. Knox became a Catholic priest in 1918, continuing in that capacity his scholarly and literary work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald Knox is the 4,859th most popular writer (down from 4,612th in 2019), the 3,824th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,306th in 2019) and the 413th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Ronald Knox ranks 4,859 out of 7,302. Before him are Nancy Huston, Grant Allen, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Johan Borgen, Franciszek Karpiński, and Akram Aylisli. After him are František Čelakovský, Hanif Kureishi, José Eustasio Rivera, Bedros Tourian, Terenci Moix, and Henrik Nordbrandt.

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Among people born in 1888, Ronald Knox ranks 203. Before him are František Langer, Andrea Andreen, Anders Haugen, Gerhard Ritter, Seán Lester, and Sándor Pósta. After him are José Eustasio Rivera, Kaare Klint, Edward Cook, Fritz-Hubert Gräser, Kaarlo Koskelo, and Harry Beaumont. Among people deceased in 1957, Ronald Knox ranks 176. Before him are Harry Watson, Patrick Abercrombie, Piero Carini, Hjalmar Johansson, József Rády, and John Sealy Townsend. After him are Guillermo Saavedra, Wilhelm Nusselt, Reginald Aldworth Daly, Dennis Brain, P. C. Chang, and Zenón Noriega Agüero.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Knox ranks 3,825 out of 8,785. Before him are Francis Godwin (1562), John Evans (1823), Kenneth Cranham (1944), Rhona Mitra (1976), Dorothy Holman (1883), and Gordon Haskell (1946). After him are Patrick Moore (1923), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850), William Kirby (1759), Andy Bell (1970), and John Hutton Balfour (1808).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ronald Knox ranks 413. Before him are John Mawe (1764), Michael Hirst (1952), Max Beerbohm (1872), Taylor Caldwell (1900), Roger Ascham (1515), and Helen Fielding (1958). After him are Hanif Kureishi (1954), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Lucy Hawking (1969), Peter Ackroyd (1949), Alex Garland (1970), and Eva Crane (1912).

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