Edward Frederick Knight
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| Edward Frederick Knight | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 April 1852 England |
| Died | March 7, 1925 (aged 72) England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British |
Edward Frederick (E.F.) Knight (23 April 1852 - 3 July 1925) was an English barrister and writer about sailing.
In 1889 Knight sailed to the island of Trindade off the coast of Brazil in a 64 foot cutter named the Alerte. He was in search of treasure. He wrote the book The Cruise of the Alerte about his journey with detailed descriptions of Trindade.
His other books include Where Three Empires Meet, Sailing and Falcon in the Baltic.
He was an influence on Arthur Ransome who used his book Sailing to teach himself how to sail and in the Swallows and Amazons series as a resource for his fictional characters. Ransome also used the descriptions of Trinidade as a model for his fictional Crab Island in the book Peter Duck.
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