1884 - 1943
Dilly Knox British Scientist
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Dilly Knox was in relationships with Lytton Strachey and John Maynard Keynes.
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Relationship Statistics
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Details
| First Name |
Dilly
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| Last Name |
Knox
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| Full Name at Birth |
Alfred Dillwyn Knox
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| Birthday |
23rd July, 1884
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| Birthplace |
England
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| Died |
27th February, 1943
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| Place of Death |
England
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| Cause of Death |
Lymphoma
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Sexuality |
Bisexual
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Codebreaker Papyrologist
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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Alfred Dillwyn "Dilly" Knox, CMG (23 July 1884 – 27 February 1943) was a British classics scholar and papyrologist at King's College, Cambridge and a codebreaker. As a member of the Room 40 codebreaking unit he helped decrypt the Zimmermann Telegram which brought the USA into the First World War. He joined the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at the war's end.
