Dilly Knox

British cryptographer (1884-1943)

Details

Instance of: human
Born: 23 July 1884
Died: 27 February 1943
Conflict: World War I
Place of birth: Oxford
Place of death: Hughenden
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Alfred, Dillwyn
Family name: Knox
Father: Edmund Knox
Sibling: Winifred Peck, E. V. Knox, Ronald Knox, Wilfred Knox
Field of work: classics, cryptography
Occupation: cryptographer, mathematician, papyrologist, linguist, translator, philologist
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Awards: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
birth name: Alfred Dillwyn Knox
cause of death: lymphoma
educated at: King's College, Eton College, Summer Fields School
employer: Room 40
languages spoken, written or signed: English
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Dilly Knox

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