The material has been arranged in three sections and includes letters to Laura Chichester, later Mrs Knight, the diaries of Laura Knight and notes by their daughter Marcella Knight (later Carver), concerning her book A positivist life: a personal memoir of my father William Knight (1976).
KNIGHT WILLIAM 1845-1901 POSITIVIST
This material is held atLSE Library Archives and Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 97 COLL MISC 0648
- Dates of Creation
- 1887c-1901c
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- One box
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
William Knight 1845 - 1901
William Knight was a barrister who was forced by ill health to cease to practice in the late 1870s. He was interested in the work of August Comte (1798 - 1857) and the Positivist movement. In 1888 he married Laura Isobel Chichester. Many of the letters in this collection were addressed to his wife, and define his ethical and intellectual position on marriage.
Arrangement
Three sections
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Acquisition Information
Carver, Marcella
Other Finding Aids
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