ECK
was born in Westminster, the only child of Sir Joseph Knight
and his second wife, the former Philippina Deane
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Luttrell, Barbara. The Prim Romantic. Chatto and Windus, 1965.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Ellis Cornelia Knight
ECK
's father, Sir Joseph Knight
, was a Rear-Admiral of the White squadron. He entered the Royal Navy
at the age of fourteen, needing a profession since his family had lost a considerable amount...
Textual Production
Ellis Cornelia Knight
In her introduction toDinarbas, ECK
indicates that her idea for the work arose from Sir John Hawkins
's claim that Samuel Johnson
had intended to write a sequel to Rasselas, in which...
