Dilly Knox

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Dilly Knox was a British classics scholar and cryptanalyst renowned for his codebreaking work in both World Wars, particularly at Bletchley Park against German ciphers.

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Dilly Knox canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person ⓘ
classical scholar ⓘ
cryptanalyst ⓘ
human ⓘ
causeOfDeath lymphatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1884-07-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1943-02-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Bletchley Park ⓘ
Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Admiralty

Government Code and Cypher School ⓘ
fieldOfWork classics ⓘ
cryptanalysis ⓘ
fullName Alfred Dillwyn Knox ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Alfred ⓘ
Dillwyn ⓘ
influenced Alan Turing ⓘ
Mavis Batey ⓘ
Peter Twinn ⓘ
languageSpoken Ancient Greek ⓘ
English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
memberOf Government Code and Cypher School ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
nickname Dilly ⓘ
notableAchievement contributed to breaking Italian naval ciphers ⓘ
developed methods for hand-breaking Enigma messages ⓘ
led early British work on breaking Enigma before World War II ⓘ
notableWork codebreaking of German Enigma ciphers ⓘ
codebreaking of German diplomatic ciphers ⓘ
work on Zimmermann Telegram decryption ⓘ
participatedIn World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath Buckinghamshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire ⓘ
surface form: Hughenden

United Kingdom ⓘ
specialization Enigma machine ⓘ
German ciphers ⓘ
workLocation Room 40 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bletchley Park → employed → Dilly Knox ⓘ
Room 40 → employed → Dilly Knox ⓘ
GC&CS → employerOf → Dilly Knox ⓘ
Ultra intelligence → notablePerson → Dilly Knox ⓘ
Stuart Milner-Barry → colleague → Dilly Knox ⓘ