Author:Charles Knight (1791-1873)
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English publisher and writer; published for "The Society for Diffusing Useful Knowledge"; maternal grandfather of novelist Alice Ada Clowes, who edited his novel.
Charles Knight
Works[edit]
- William Shakspere, a Biography (1843) (external scan)
- The Standard Edition of the Pictorial Shakspere, 7 vols., as editor (1846) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- The Old Printer and the Modern Press (1854) (external scan)
- "An Old Church Library" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 1 (1859)
- "Amwell and Its Quaker Poet" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 1 (1859)
- "The Illuminations at Heidelberg" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 4 (1861)
- Passages of a Working Life During Half a Century: With a Prelude of Early Reminiscences (1864-1865) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
- Shadow of the Old Booksellers (1865)
- The Popular History of England, 7 vols. (1867–1868)
- (ed.) A Romance of Acadia Two Centuries Ago (1874)
- William Caxton, the first English printer: a biography (1877) (external scan)
Periodicals[edit]
- Knight's Quarterly Magazine (1823–c. 1825) as editor and contributor
Works about Knight[edit]
- "Knight, Charles (1791-1873)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Knight, Charles," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Knight, Charles," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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