Eric Knight was born April 10, 1897 in Yorkshire, England. This lush countryside was the setting he chose for Lassie's adventures. Knight grew up in the mill towns where stories of "come-home" dogs were common. He was raised by an aunt and uncle and worked and went to school as a youngster part time. Immigrating to the US in 1912, he settled in Philadelphia. He studied music and art and attended the Cambridge Latin School in Massachusettes.
Always a patriot, he joined the Princess Pat Regiment in Toronto, Canada to fight for his beloved Yorkshire in 1917. His only two brothers enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard. They were killed on the same day in 1919.
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Dogs, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Dogs, fiction, England, fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Adventure stories, American Short stories, Animals, Appreciation, Boys & Men, Chiens, Children: Kindergarten, Classics, Conduct of life, Correspondence, Fiction, crime, Folklore, Large type books, Lassie (Fictional character), Lassie (fictitious character), fiction, Legends and stories, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Loyalty, fictionID Numbers
- OLID: OL527120A
- ISNI: 0000000110281692
- VIAF: 64007619
- Wikidata: Q728684
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- Eric Mowbray Knight
- Eric KNIGHT
- Richard Hallas
| December 28, 2022 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
| December 28, 2022 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
| September 30, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
| March 31, 2017 | Edited by MARC Bot | add VIAF and wikidata ID |
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