Edmund George Valpy KNOX
- Grave/memorial: Q091
Born: 1881 Died: 1971 Grave / memorial: Q 091
Poet and satirist. Known as E V Knox or Evoe. Editor of Punch (1932-49). He was son of a Bishop of Lahore, and brother of Ronald, the theologian, Dilly, a cryptographer, and Wilfred, a Bible scholar. He lived many years in Hampstead at 34 Well Walk, and latterly at 110 Frognal. He was active on local committees, notably at the Parochial School, of which he wrote an entertaining history. His features may be seen in Mr Banks, of the Mary Poppins books, which his second wife, Mary, illustrated.
Reference: Buried in Hampstead, Camden History Society 1986
Additional research by the 2012 project team