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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald Knox has received more than 372,633 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ronald Knox is the 4,093rd most popular writer (down from 3,873rd in 2019), the 3,008th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,862nd in 2019) and the 345th most popular British Writer.

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  • 370k

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

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  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ronald Knox ranks 4,093 out of 5,755Before him are Ivar Lo-Johansson, Steven Erikson, Vicente Espinel, Marcel Arland, Cora Sandel, and Alexander Serafimovich. After him are Friedebert Tuglas, William Hazlitt, Einar Benediktsson, Zane Grey, Philipp Nicolai, and Paul Theroux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Ronald Knox ranks 158Before him are Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Louis J. Mordell, Dan Andersson, Edward Cook, and Ralph Hartley. After him are Tom Phillips, Alfred Asikainen, Jean Bouin, Marie Rambert, Kārlis Zāle, and Juan Antonio Ríos. Among people deceased in 1957, Ronald Knox ranks 145Before him are Gustav Mie, Tomitaro Makino, Heinrich Campendonk, Leopold Staff, Percy Hobart, and Carl Bonde. After him are Lasar Segall, P. C. Chang, Viggo Larsen, Walter Jakobsson, Guillermo Saavedra, and Adeodato Giovanni Piazza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Knox ranks 3,008 out of 7,765Before him are Roger Rees (1944), Glyn Johns (1942), Frederick William Beechey (1796), E. L. James (1963), Stella McCartney (1971), and Janet McTeer (1961). After him are Richard Hooker (1554), Theo James (1984), William Hazlitt (1778), Frederick Abel (1827), Mark Addy (1964), and Tom Phillips (1888).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ronald Knox ranks 345Before him are Richard Hughes (1900), Michael Morpurgo (1943), Quentin Crisp (1908), Thomas Nashe (1567), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), and E. L. James (1963). After him are William Hazlitt (1778), Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), Donald Adamson (1939), Sarah Kane (1971), Mary Norton (1903), and Pamela Colman Smith (1878).