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Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott, 1888-1957

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1888 - 1957

Biographical Note

Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was an Anglican-turned-Catholic priest, theologian, author, radio personality, and brother of Wilfred Lawrence Knox. Born in 1888, he was educated at Eton and Oxford. He converted to Catholicism and served as Catholic chaplain at Oxford from 1926 to 1939. He published a new translation of the Bible, essays, detective stories, and other works.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Boston College collection of Ronald Arbuthnott Knox and Wilfred L. Knox

 Collection
Abstract Papers pertaining to British Catholic priest, author, and lecturer Ronald Arbuthnott Knox and his brother, Anglican priest and theologian Wilfred L. Knox. Includes a manuscript of Ronald Arbuthknott's autobiography A Spiritual Aeneid (1918) and a published copy of his satricial pamphlet Reunion All Round (1914), as well as a critique of Wilfred's work Friend, I do thee no wrong: three sermons on...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1914 - 1919