Edward Frederick Knight

Infobox Writer
name = Edward Frederick Knight


caption = E.F.Knight in India
birthdate = Birth date|1852|4|23|df=yes
birthplace = England
deathdate = death date and age|1925|3|7|1852|4|23
deathplace = England
nationality = British
occupation = Writer
notableworks =
influences =
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Edward Frederick (E.F.) Knight (23 April 1852 - 3 July 1925) was an English barrister, soldier, journalist and writer.Roth, Mitchel P. and James Stuart Olson. (1997). [http://books.google.com/books?id=OEphWsER8QYC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=jiji++and+russo-japanese+war&source=web&ots=GYiFy4w6ta&sig=eLNue0wd6P24K7ymX9wDNJF3Nkg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA170,M1 "Historical Dictionary of War Journalism," p. 170.] ]

In 1889 Knight sailed to the island of Trindade off the coast of Brazil in a 64 foot cutter named the "Alerte". He was in search of treasure. He wrote the book "The Cruise of the Alerte" about his journey with detailed descriptions of Trindade.

He was an influence on children's author Arthur Ransome who used Knight's book "Sailing" to teach himself how to sail and in the Swallows and Amazons series as a resource for his fictional characters. Ransome also used Knight's descriptions of Trinidade as a model for his fictional Crab Island in the book "Peter Duck".

War correspondent

Knight was a war correspondent for the London "Morning Post" during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).Roth, [http://books.google.com/books?id=OEphWsER8QYC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=jiji++and+russo-japanese+war&source=web&ots=GYiFy4w6ta&sig=eLNue0wd6P24K7ymX9wDNJF3Nkg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA267,M1 p. 267.] ]

elected works

* 1897 -- "Letters from the Sudan"
* "The Cruise of the 'Alerte' "
* "Where Three Empires Meet"
* "Sailing"
* "Falcon in the Baltic".
* 1923 -- "Reminiscences: The Wanderings of a Yachtsman and War Correspondent"

Notes

References

* Bullard, Frederic Lauriston. (1914). [http://books.google.com/books?id=U1tAAAAAIAAJ&dq=Famous+War+Correspondents.&client=firefox-a&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Famous War Correspondents."] Boston: Little, Brown. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/2135019 OCLC 2135019]
* Roth, Mitchel P. and James Stuart Olson. (1997). [http://books.google.com/books?id=OEphWsER8QYC&dq=jiji++and+russo-japanese+war&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Historical Dictionary of War Journalism."] Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. 10-ISBN 0-313-29171-3; 13-ISBN 978-0-313-29171-5
* Wilson-Latham, Robert. (1979). [http://books.google.com/books?id=HQeMHQAACAAJ&dq=From+our+Special+Correspondent&client=firefox-a "From Our Special Correspondent: Victorian War Correspondents and Their Campaigns."] London: Hodder and Stoughton. 10-ISBN 0-340-23457-1; 13-ISBN 978-0-340-23457-0