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Stephen Knight (author)

British journalist and author

For the British academic and writer, see Stephen Thomas Knight. For the Welsh poet, see Stephen Knight (poet).

Stephen Knight (26 September – 25 July ) was a British journalist and author. He is best remembered for the books Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution () and The Brotherhood ().[1]

Life and works

Born in Hainault in Essex as Stephen Victor Knight, he attended West Hatch Technical High School, at nearby Chigwell.

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He was not successful academically,[2] and after leaving school at 16 Knight went to work as a salesman for the London Electricity Board in Chigwell.[3] At 18 he got a job as a reporter on the Ilford Pictorial[3] before moving to the Hornchurch Echo.[3]

His book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution () suggested that the Ripper murders were part of a conspiracy between Freemasons and the British Royal Family, a claim which is not accepted by historians.[4] Nevertheless, the book became a bestseller,[citation needed] and was the inspiration for several works of fiction, among them the film Murder by Decree () by Bob Clark and the graphic novelFrom Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell.

In , he appeared in a documentary film based on his book, produced by R.W.B. Production Australia.

The Brotherhood () was published at a time when Freemasonry was coming under increasing scrutiny in the United Kingdom. Knight's last book before his death was The Killing of Justice Godfrey, exploring the death of Edmund Berry Godfrey in , which had caused widespread anti-Catholic sentiment in England.

In he became a religious follower of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and, as a part of this interest, took the name Swami Puja Debal.[5] He began to experience epileptic seizures in , and in was discovered to have a brain tumour while taking part in a documentary for the Horizon television series. The tumour was removed, but returned in

Knight died in July at the age of 33 while staying with friends at Carradale in Argyllshire.

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He was buried there.[2][5]

Private life

In he married Margot Kenrick; they had a daughter. The couple later separated, and in November Knight announced that, when his divorce came through, he would marry Lesley Newson, a researcher on Horizon. However, the couple later also separated.

His partner during his last years was Barbara Mary Land.[2]

Works

Non-fiction

  • Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution ()
  • The Brotherhood ()
  • The Killing of Justice Godfrey: an investigation into England's most remarkable unsolved murder ()

Fiction

Film

  • Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution ()

References

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