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Stephen Knight
| Full Name: | Stephen Knight |
| Born: | September 26, 1951 Hainault, Essex, England, UK |
| Died: | July 25, 1985 Carradale, Argyllshire, England, UK |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Nationality: | British |
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Biography
Born in Hainault in Essex as Stephen Victor Knight, he attended West Hatch Technical High School, at nearby Chigwell.
He was not successful academically, and after leaving school at 16 Knight went to work as a salesman for the London Electricity Board in Chigwell. At 18 he got a job as a reporter on the Ilford Pictorial before moving to the Hornchurch Echo.
His book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (1976) 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.
Nevertheless, the book became a bestseller, and was the inspiration for several works of fiction, among them the film Murder by Decree (1978) by Bob Cl