Ronald Knox | |
|---|---|
 Knox c. 1928 | |
| Previous post(s) | Anglican priest in the Church of England (1912–1917) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1918 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1888 Kibworth, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 24 August 1957 (aged 69) Mells, Somerset, England |
| Buried | Church of St Andrew, Mells 51°14′31″N 2°23′26″W / 51.241928°N 2.390525°W |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Parents | Edmund Knox (father) |
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.
Knox served as Catholic chaplain at the University of Oxford from 1926 to 1939. He completed the "Knox Bible", a new English translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible that was used in Catholic services during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1951, Pope Pius XII appointed Knox protonotary apostolic ad instar, which entitled Knox to the honorific "monsignor".
Knox published extensively on religious, philosophical, and literary subjects. He also produced several popular works of detective fiction. He is remembered for his "Ten Commandments" for detective stories, which sought to codify a form of crime fiction in which the reader may participate by attempting to find a solution to the mystery before the fictional detective reveals it.