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An encyclopedia entry for philosopher Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, who lived from 1888-1957, is presented. He was born in Kibworth, Leicestershire, England on 17 February and died in Mells, Somerset, England on 24 August. He was the son of the Anglican Bishop of Manchester, England. He entered Balliol College, in Oxford, England in 1906. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1910. He was chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford. He served as a cryptographer during World War I.