Arthur Edward Knox (28 December 1808, Dublin – 23 December 1886) was a British sportsman, amateur naturalist, author of three books, and one of the founders of the British Ornithological Union. A. E. Knox graduated M.A. from Brasenose College in the University of Oxford. He obtained a commission in the Second Regiment of Life Guards, from which he resigned about 1835 when he married Lady Jane Parsons, a daughter of

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. The marriage produced three daughters and two sons, one of whom was Lawrence E. Knox. A. E. Knox was a country gentleman who lived in Sussex and Surrey and contributed notes to ''

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''. His 1849 book ''Ornithological Rambles in Sussex'' received a favourable review from his friend and country-neighbour,

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, helping the sale of the book so that a second edition appeared in 1850 and a third edition in 1855. In November 1858 Knox became one of the founders of the British Ornithological Union. There were favourable reviews for his 1872 book ''Autumns on the Spey'' dealing with salmon-fishing and deer-stalking in the vicinity of the

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; the book is based upon letters written by Knox to friends in England when he was staying, during several autumns, at

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as a guest of

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Selected publications

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Knox, Arthur Edward 1808 births 1886 deaths British naturalists British ornithological writers Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Fellows of the Linnean Society of London