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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Charles Knight
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Charles Knight

active London, 1791-1873
BiographyAuthor, editor and publisher; published, among other things, the Penny Magazine, and Knight's Weekly Volumes. Appointed to oversee the publications for the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1827. His written works include 'Old England' (1845-6) and Knights's 'Popular History of England' (1855-1862).
from https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG196422
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Last Updated8/7/24