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G. Wilson Knight
English literary critic and academic
For other people with the same name, see George Knight (disambiguation).
George Richard Wilson Knight (1897–1985) was an English literary critic and academic, known particularly for his interpretation of mythic content in literature, and The Wheel of Fire, a collection of essays on Shakespeare's plays.
He was also an actor and theatrical director, and considered an outstanding lecturer.
Early life and education
Knight was educated at Dean Close School, Dulwich College[1] and, after serving as a dispatch rider in World War I in Iraq, India and Persia,[2] he went up to St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read English.
He graduated with second-class honours.[3] After Oxford, he went into teaching. From 1923 to 1931 he taught at Hawtreys, Westgate-on-Sea and at Dean Close School, Cheltenham.[2]
The classical scholar William Francis Jackson Knight (1895–1964), of whom he wrote a biog