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Frida Knight (born Frideswide Frances Emma Stewart) was born on November 11, 1910 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. The daughter of Hugh Fraser Stewart (1863–1948) and his wife Jessie Graham Crum; had a sister Caitin (Katherine) and a brother Ludovic.
Frida left school at 14 with a heart condition, and spent time in Italy. A student of music and drama, Stewart went with one of her sisters to Germany in 1928, studying the violin, and then went to the Royal College of Music. She spent time at the Manchester University Settlement and Hull University College.
After graduating from the Royal College of Music, she began teaching music. During the Spanish Civil War, Knight joined the Communist Party in England, and in 1937 set off to provide relief to refugees in Spain. She was later taken to an interment camp in France. She eventually escaped and later chronicled her exploits in an autobiography titled "Dawn Escape". She has contributed to numerous journals, including Cambridge Review, Daily Telegraph, and the Morning Star. Her other major works include "The French Resistance", "Beethoven and the Age of Revolution", "University Rebel: The Life of William Frend", and "Cambridge Music". She died on October 2, 1996.
Stewart joined the Left Book Club and Communist Party of Great Britain, and formed local Spanish Aid committees on the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
Frida married Bert Cyril James Gabriel Knight. They had four children.
