| LC control no. | n 50043466 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Knight, Charles, 1791-1873 |
| Variant(s) | Author of The results of machinery, 1791-1873 Results of machinery, Author of the, 1791-1873 |
| Located | Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England) London (England) |
| Birth date | 1791-03-15 |
| Death date | 1873-03-09 |
| Place of birth | Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England) |
| Place of death | Addlestone (England) |
| Field of activity | Publishers and publishing |
| Affiliation | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Editors |
| Special note | Cannot identify with Knight, C. E. |
| Found in | Tasso, T. Godfrey of Bulloigne, 1817 His The newspaper stamp and the duty on paper, 1836: t.p. (the author of The results of machinery) Halkett & Laing (the author of The results of machinery, Charles Knight) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site, Sept. 23, 2020 (Knight, Charles; born March 15, 1791, Windsor; died March 9, 1873, Grove End, Addestone, Surrey; publisher and writer; son of Windsor bookseller and stationer Charles Knight (died 1824); served as an apprentice to his father; in 1812, became co-proprietor and editor of the Windsor and Eton express; moved to London in 1822-23 and set up in Pall Mall East, living in Brompton; an editor and publisher for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; founder and publisher of the Penny magazine; moved his publishing business to 22 Ludgate Street in 1833; lived in HIghgate and Hampstead; spent his later years at various addresses in London, Surrey, and Ventnor on the Isle of Wight) |
| Associated language | eng |
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