Ronald Knox (1888-1957)

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Death: 24th August 1957
Location: Churchyard of St Andrew's, Mells, Somerset, England
Photo taken by: Clive and Chris
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English priest, theologian and writer of crime novels. He wrote several detective novels, several of which featured Miles Bredon, who is employed as a private investigator by the Indescribable Insurance Company. 

Knox was one of the founding members of the Detection Club and in 1929 he codified the rules for detective stories into a "decalogue" of ten commandments.

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In 1977 Knox's niece, Penelope Fitzgerald published a composite biography, The Knox Brothers, which devoted equal weight to Ronald and his three brothers (E. V. Knox, the editor of the humorous magazine Punch, Dillwyn Knox, a mathematician, and Wilfred Knox, an Anglican monk and New Testament scholar).