| 词条 | Robert Knight (editor) |
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BiographyKnight was born in Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, London. He came to Bombay in British India in 1847 as a 22-year-old and later took up journalism and writing articles in newspapers. Robert Knight became the Editor of the Bombay Times in 1857 replacing George Buist. In December 1859 the Bombay Standard and Chronicle of Western India was absorbed into it and later in and in 1861 it absorbed its rivals Courier and Telegraph, both Bombay newspapers, and the name was changed to The Times of India. It grew into national prominence under him.[5][6] He forged an arrangement with Reuters which made them the sole agent for India.[7] Later he left The Times of India and started The Statesman in Calcutta in 1875.[8] In 1854, he married Catherine Hannah (1837–1918), with whom he had 12 children. He died in Calcutta in 1890, apparently of malaria. His sons Paul and Robert were also journalists and newspapers proprietors.[5][9][10] References1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/supreme-being/5|title=Supreme Being|last=|first=|date=|work=Caravan Magazine|access-date=}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}{{EngvarB|date=November 2016}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Knight, Robert (editor)}}2. ^{{cite book|author=Asima Ranjan Parhi|title=Indian English Through Newspapers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-pPLnk1RyHEC&pg=PA26|accessdate=28 June 2016|year=2008|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-507-0|pages=26–}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=Jitendra Nath Basu|title=Romance of Indian Journalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ILnZQyWng3kC|accessdate=28 June 2016|year=1979|publisher=Calcutta University|page=200}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=C.V. Narasimha Reddi|title=Effective Public Relations and Media Strategy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZJeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA76|accessdate=28 June 2016|date=1 January 2014|publisher=PHI Learning|isbn=978-81-203-4871-4|pages=76–}} 5. ^1 2 {{Cite ODNB|id=74329|title=Knight, Robert (1825–1890), newspaper editor in India|first=Edwin |last=Hirschmann|authorlink=}} 6. ^{{cite book|author=Sangita P. Menon Malhan|title=THE TOI STORY: How A Newspaper Changed The Rules Of The Games|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybzjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1945|accessdate=28 June 2016|date=2 August 2013|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-664-6|pages=1945–}} 7. ^{{cite book|author=Edwin Hirschmann|title=Robert Knight: Reforming Editor in Victorian India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fpQLAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=28 June 2016|year=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-569622-6|page=74}} 8. ^{{cite book|author=Chitra Kanungo|title=Freedom Under Assault|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4KoSCutpAcC&pg=PA283|accessdate=28 June 2016|date=1 January 2001|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-226-4|pages=283–}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=Mr. Robert T. Knight |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |page= 12 |date=13 September 1965 }} 10. ^{{cite news |title=Mr. Paul T. Knight |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |page= 7 |date= 15 February 1949}} 7 : 1825 births|1890 deaths|English newspaper editors|English male journalists|Indian newspaper editors|People from Lambeth|Deaths from malaria |
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