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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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Knight was the brother of Jane Austen, the novelist. In the early 1780s he was adopted by Thomas and Catherine Knight, Austen family cousins, who were wealthy but childless. He went on the Grand Tour of Europe in 1786-88, went into business, and eventually inherited their estate at Godmersham, Kent. His grandson edited the first edition of Jane's letters.
 
Knight was the brother of Jane Austen, the novelist. In the early 1780s he was adopted by Thomas and Catherine Knight, Austen family cousins, who were wealthy but childless. He went on the Grand Tour of Europe in 1786-88, went into business, and eventually inherited their estate at Godmersham, Kent. His grandson edited the first edition of Jane's letters.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
  
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"Jane Austen's Brothers and Sister." Available at: [http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janelife.html#janesibl]
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"Jane Austen's Brothers and Sister." Available at: www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janelife.html#janesibl
  
 
[[Category: Adoption Celebrities]]
 
[[Category: Adoption Celebrities]]

Latest revision as of 05:10, 27 February 2018

Edward Austen around 1788
Source: Wikipedia.org.

Biography

1768-1852

Knight was the brother of Jane Austen, the novelist. In the early 1780s he was adopted by Thomas and Catherine Knight, Austen family cousins, who were wealthy but childless. He went on the Grand Tour of Europe in 1786-88, went into business, and eventually inherited their estate at Godmersham, Kent. His grandson edited the first edition of Jane's letters.

References

"Jane Austen's Brothers and Sister." Available at: www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janelife.html#janesibl