Background
AMIS., Knight was born on April 16, 1922 in London. Son of William Robert and Rosa Annie (nee Lucas) Amis.
AMIS., Knight was born on April 16, 1922 in London. Son of William Robert and Rosa Annie (nee Lucas) Amis.
City of London School, Saint John"s College, Oxford. Lecturer in English, University College, of Swansea 1949-1961.
Lecturer in English, University College, of Swansea 1949-1961. Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1961-1963. Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing, Princeton University 1958-1959.
Visiting Professor, of English Vanderbilt University 1967-1968.
BookerMcConnell; Fellow, University College, Swansea.
Married 1st Hilary A. Bardwell in 1948, two son one daughter. Married 2nd Elizabeth Jane Howard in 1965 (divorced in 1983).