| Name: |
KNIGHT, Charles |
| County: |
London |
| Town: |
London |
| Address(es): |
None |
| Book Trades: |
Publisher, Publisher (music), Publisher (magazine), Publisher (periodical) |
| Non-Book Trade: |
Not known |
| Trading Dates: |
1823 - 1850 |
| Biographical Dates: |
1791 - 1873 |
| Notes: |
Born Windsor. In London from 1823. Pioneer of popular literature. From 1827 supervised the educational publications of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, many in periodical form. Published Penny Magazine (1832-1845). Published the Musical Library (weekly, 1834-37; reissued from stereotyped plates in the 1840s and 1850s). |
| Sources: |
- D.W. Krummel & Stanley Sadie (eds.), Music Printing and Publishing, The Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1990)
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