Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott, 1888-1957

Ronald A. Knox was born in Knibworth, Leicestershire on Feb. 17, 1888 to Ellen Penelope French and Rev. Edmund Arbuthnott Knox. He completed his formal education at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford in 1910. He was appointed chaplain at Trinity College in 1912, but left in 1917 when he converted to Roman Catholicism. He served as Roman Catholic chaplain to the university from 1926-1939 and was appointed as a prelate by the pope in 1936. He was a prolific writer, writing both religious commentaries and texts and literary commentaries and works. He translated the St. Jerome Latin Vulgate Bible into English, as well as the Old and New Testaments in 1944 and 1945 respectively. Among his religious articles are The belief of Catholics and A spiritual Aeneid. Although he wrote only six novels, including The viaduct murder and The footsteps at the Lock, his writings are well known and he was a prominent member of the Detection Club.

From the description of Ronald Knox papers, 1894-1970 (bulk 1900-1962). (Claremont Colleges Library). WorldCat record id: 171211220

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