Richard Payne Knight

Zoë Kinsley (Liverpool Hope University College)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University), Emily Rohrbach (University of Durham)

Dates

Born 11 Feb 1750
Died 23 Apr 1824
Activity 1780-1824

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Art Theorist/ Historian/ Critic
Classicist

Other

Poet

Resources

Knight's Works

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Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824) was born on 11th February 1751 at Wormsley Grange, Herefordshire, to Thomas Knight (1687-1764), the rector of Ribbesford and Bewdley, and his wife Ursula (née Nash) who had formerly been his servant. Thomas has been described as the “cuckoo in the nest” amongst his siblings (Clarke and Penny,

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(1982), 2), being the only one of four sons who did not become a partner in the Stour ironworks, in which their father, Richard Knight, had established a controlling interest, and through which the family amassed a great fortune and acquired numerous estates. When his uncle, Richard Knight, died in 1765, Richard Payne Knight, who had taken his middle name from his grandmother Elizabeth Payne, inherited much of that land and wealth.

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Citation: Kinsley, Zoë. "Richard Payne Knight". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 March 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2540, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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