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Captain Frank.E. Knight also none as Frances Edgar Knight.was born August 15, 1905 and died February 1998 Biography: At the age of 15 Captain Frank Knight became an apprentice in the Merchant Navy. For ten years he served in various oceans, visited scores of ports and obtained his Extra Master Mariner's certificate at the age of 24. Throughout the war he taught navigation in the RAF to pupil navigators of Bomber Costal Commands, flying regularly with pupils both in Britain and South Africa. After the war, he reverted to selling yachts for a while before settling down to write. He wrote both fiction and non fiction books about the sea. He died in 1998 after publishing more than 45 books, primarily about the sea and wars. Frank Knight's books were used in schools around the world for educational purposes, and were fun to read, being perfect for children to learn historical facts. Frank Knight married Elizabeth Mather (who he called Betty) in 1933. They emigrated to South Africa in 1940 with their two children, subsequently having a further two. After World War 2 they came back to England on a troop ship. In 1966 Frank Knight appeared on Blue Peter, interviewed by Lance Percival talking about Children's Stories which had been used for an early cartoon. Captain Frank Knight was also a member of the Croydon writers' circle. eBay, Amazon vintage books can be found.

Some of the most popular stories written by Frank Knight are: close of the Sailing Ship Era
 * The Albatross Comes Home
 * The Island of Radiant Pearls (The Up-side-down Island)
 * Beginner’s Guide to the Sea
 * Mudlarks and Mysteries
 * Four an Half Deck
 * Stories of Famous Sea Fights
 * The Bluenose Pirate
 * Clippers to China
 * Family on the Tide
 * The Adventure Book for Boys
 * Kit Baxter’s War
 * Colins Boys Annual
 * Met de compagnie naar Bengalen Meppel, A.Roelofs Goor
 * He sailed with Blackbeard
 * The Partick Steamboat
 * The Sea Story: Being a Guide to Nautical Reading from Ancient Times to the
 * Daily Mail Boys Annual
 * Onrust aan de waddenkust Utrecht
 * The Sea Chest
 * The Sea’s Fool
 * The Last of the Lallows
 * The Ship That Came Home
 * Stories of Famous Sea Fights
 * The Golden Monkey
 * The Young Captain Cook
 * The Sea Chest: Stories of Adventure at Sea
 * Up, Sea Beggars!
 * Remember Vera Cruz!
 * Captain Cook & the Voyage of the Endeavour (1768-1771)
 * Rebel Admiral
 * Russia Fights Japan
 * Ships Now and Then
 * Stories of Famous Explorers by Sea
 * That Rare Captain: Sir Francis Drake
 * General-at-Sea. The life of Admiral Robert Blake
 * The Clipper Ship
 * The Golden Age of the Galleon
 * Stories of Famous Ships
 * Voyage to Bengal published by Macmillan & Co. London
 * Captain Anson and the Treasure of Spain
 * Olaf’s sword.

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