Knight, Ellis Cornelia (1758–1837)

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Knight, Ellis Cornelia (1758–1837)

British novelist and scholar. Born Ellis Cornelia Knight, Mar 27, 1758, in Westminster, London, England; died Dec 18, 1837, in Paris, France; dau. of Sir Joseph Knight (rear admiral of the White) and Lady Philippina (Deane) Knight.

Known chiefly for association with Samuel Johnson and members of his circle, was also a companion to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of England; works include Dinarbus, A Tale: being a Continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1790), Marcus Flaminius, or a View of the Military, Political, and Social Life of the Romans (1793), Chronological Abridgement of the History of Spain (1809), Chronological Abridgement of the History of France (1811), Translations from the German in Prose and Verse (1812) and Sir Guy de Lusignan: A Tale of Italy (1933).

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