Stephen knight author biography

British journalist and author

For the British academic and writer, see Stephen Thomas Knight.

Stephen knight author biography

For the Welsh poet, see Stephen Knight (poet).

Stephen Knight (26 September 1951 – 25 July 1985) was a British journalist and author. He is best remembered for the books Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (1976) and The Brotherhood (1984).^[1]

Life and works

Born in Hainault in Essex as Stephen Victor Knight, he attended West Hatch Technical High School, at nearby Chigwell.

He was not successful academically,^[2] and after leaving school at 16 Knight went to work as a salesman for the London Electricity Board in Chigwell.^[3] At 18 he got a job as a reporter on the Ilford Pictorial^[3] before moving to the Hornchurch Echo.^[3]

His book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (1976) suggested that the Ripper murders were part of a conspiracy between Freemasons and the British Royal Family, a claim which i