Joseph Knight may refer to:
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Joseph Knight (cricketer)
Joseph William Knight (20 September 1896 – 3 March 1974) was an English first-class cricketer.
Knight was born at Highworth in September 1896. While studying at the University of Cambridge he made a single appearance in first-class cricke ...
(1896–1974), English cricketer
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Joseph Knight (critic)
(John) Joseph Knight (1829–1907) was an English dramatic critic and theatre historian.
Life
Born at Leeds on 24 May 1829, he was elder son of Joseph Knight, a cloth merchant from Carlisle, and Marianne, daughter of Joseph Wheelwright. He was ...
(1829–1907), English dramatic critic and theatre historian
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Joseph Knight (horticulturist) Joseph Knight (7 October 1778 – 20 July 1855), gardener to George Hibbert, was one of the first people in England to successfully propagate Proteaceae. He is remembered as the nominal author of a publication that caused one of the biggest controve ...
(1778–1855), gardener
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Joseph Knight (slave)
Joseph Knight (''fl.'' 1769–1778) was a man born in Guinea (the general name of West Africa) and there seized into slavery. It appears that the captain of the ship which brought him to Jamaica there sold him to John Wedderburn of Ballindean, ...
, slave brought from Jamaica to Scotland
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''Joseph Knight'' (novel), a 2003 historical novel by James Robertson
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Joseph Knight (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1708–1775)
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Joseph Knight Sr.
Joseph Knight Sr. (November 26, 1772 – February 2, 1847) was a close associate of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Knight provided significant material support to Smith's translation and publication of the Book of Mormon. ...
(1772–1847), associate of Joseph Smith, early member of the Latter Day Saint movement
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Joseph Philip Knight
Joseph Philip Knight (Bradford-on-Avon, 26 July 1812 – Great Yarmouth, 1 June 1887) was a British clergyman, singer and one of Britain's most popular song composers. He published over 200 songs, first under the name Philip Mortimer then under hi ...
(1812–1887), British composer
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Joe Knight (baseball)
Jonah William "Quiet Joe" Knight (September 28, 1859 – October 16, 1938) was a professional baseball player. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Quakers (1884) and Cincinnati Reds (1890), primarily as a left fiel ...
(1859–1938), Major League Baseball left fielder and pitcher
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Joe Knight (boxer)
Joe Knight, (January 15, 1909 – July 1, 1976) was an American boxer born in Cairo, GA. The National Boxing Association awarded Knight the World Light Heavyweight title in 1933.
Early life
Knight was born on January 15, 1909, in Cairo, Ge ...
(1909–1976), American boxer
* For the plane crash victim and subject of an internet hoax, see
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, k ...
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