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Charles Knight (publisher)

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Charles Knight (15 March 1791 – 9 March 1873) was an English publisher, editor and author. [1]

27 relations: Addlestone, Anna Brownell Jameson, Bracket, Derwent Coleridge, English Cyclopaedia, Excise, Francis Espinasse, George Henry Lewes, Harriet Martineau, Henry Teonge, Indenture, Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Local Government Chronicle, OCLC, Penny Cyclopaedia, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Slough and Windsor Express, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, The Critic (magazine), The Great Exhibition, The Penny Magazine, Thomas Babington Macaulay, William Caxton, William Shakespeare, Windsor, Berkshire, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Wrapper (philately).

Addlestone

Addlestone is a town in Surrey, England, just within the M25 southwest of London.

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Anna Brownell Jameson

Anna Brownell Jameson (nee Murphy) (17 May 179417 March 1860) was the first English art historian.

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Bracket

A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text.

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Derwent Coleridge

Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883), third child of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was a distinguished English scholar and author.

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English Cyclopaedia

The English Cyclopaedia: A new dictionary of universal knowledge (London, 1854–1862, 4to, 23 vols., 12,117 pages; supplements, 1869–1873, 4 vols., 2858 pages), was published by Charles Knight, based on the Penny Cyclopaedia, of which he had the copyright.

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Excise

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Francis Espinasse

Francis Espinasse (1823–1912) was a Scottish journalist and follower of Thomas Carlyle.

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George Henry Lewes

George Henry Lewes (18 April 1817 – 30 November 1878) was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre.

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Harriet Martineau

Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was a British social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

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Henry Teonge

Henry Teonge (born 18 March 1621 at Wolverton, Warwickshire, died 21 March 1690 at Spernall, Warwickshire) was an English cleric and Royal Navy chaplain who kept informative diaries of voyages he made in 1675–76 and 1678–79.

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Indenture

An indenture is a legal contract that reflects or covers a debt or purchase obligation.

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Library of Entertaining Knowledge

The Library of Entertaining Knowledge was founded by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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Local Government Chronicle

The Local Government Chronicle (LGC) is a British weekly magazine for local government officers, and is published by Metropolis.

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OCLC

OCLC, currently incorporated as OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated, is an American nonprofit cooperative organization "dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs".

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Penny Cyclopaedia

The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was a multi-volume encyclopedia edited by George Long and published by Charles Knight alongside the Penny Magazine.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 17928 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets, and is regarded by some as among the finest lyric and philosophical poets in the English language, and one of the most influential.

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Slough and Windsor Express

The Windsor and Eton Express was founded on August 1, 1812 by Charles Knight Snr and his son, Charles Knight Jnr.

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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK), was founded in 1826, mainly at the instigation of Lord Brougham, with the object of publishing information to people who were unable to obtain formal teaching, or who preferred self-education.

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The Critic (magazine)

The Critic was a magazine founded in London by John Crockford and Edward William Cox.

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The Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851.

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The Penny Magazine

The Penny Magazine was an illustrated British magazine aimed at the working class, published every Saturday from 31 March 1832 to 31 October 1845.

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, FRS FRSE PC (25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian and Whig politician.

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William Caxton

William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor is a historic market town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.

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Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (28 July 1802 – 15 July 1839)—typically written as W. Mackworth Praed—was an English politician and poet.

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Wrapper (philately)

In philately a wrapper is a form of postal stationery which pays the cost of the delivery of a newspaper or a periodical.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knight_(publisher)

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