Charles Knight
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Standard Name: Knight, Charles,, 1791 - 1873
Connections
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Publishing | Harriet Martineau | In 1834 HM
published Letter to the Deaf in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. Around 1837 she was asked to take charge of an Economical Magazine at a good salary, which she thought opened the prospect... |
Publishing | Harriet Martineau | The second volume appeared by early 1850; like the first it was published by Charles Knight
. Knight
was so worried about the possible political repercussions of publishing one particular number of this work that... |
Reception | Harriet Martineau | James Martineau
published a scathing attack on the book in the Prospective Review under the title Mesmeric Atheism. He poured scorn on the authors for believing that one can legitimately reach the doctrines of... |
Textual Features | Charlotte Maria Tucker | Here CMT
examines butterflies and termites (as well as fairies); but she warns her young readers that unlike moths, some of these creatures are not likely to be visible. Her concern for accuracy was evident... |
Textual Production | Harriet Martineau | These collections supply parts of HM
's correspondence with Matthew Arnold
, Charlotte Brontë
, Jane Welsh Carlyle
, John Chapman
, Maria Weston Chapman
, Anne Jemima Clough
, Samuel Courtauld
, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Timeline
1791: Charles Knight, publisher, was born at Windsor,...
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1791
Charles Knight
, publisher, was born at Windsor, Berkshire.
Late 1822: Charles Knight founded his eponymous publishing...
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Late 1822
31 March 1832: The first mass-circulation magazine, the...
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31 March 1832
The first mass-circulation magazine, the Penny Magazine, appeared, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
.
1838: Charles Knight patented a colour-printing...
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1838
Charles Knight
patented a colour-printing process called Patent Illuminated Printing.
1842: Charles Knight, publisher for the Society...
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1842
Charles Knight
, publisher for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
, issued his Store of Knowledge.
1856-1862: Charles Knight published The Popular History...
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1856-1862
Charles Knight
published The Popular History of England.
By 2 July 1864: Charles Knight published Passages of a Working...
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By 2 July 1864
Charles Knight
published Passages of a Working Life.
9 March 1873: Charles Knight, publisher, died at Addlestone,...
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9 March 1873
Charles Knight
, publisher, died at Addlestone, Surrey.
Texts
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