![]() ![]() On Knight was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Sir Henry Irving took the chair, and Benoît-Constant Coquelin and Gabrielle Réjane were among the guests. On 4 July 1905 the dramatic profession entertained him, as the oldest living dramatic critic, to dinner at the Savoy Hotel. A bohemian and clubman, he was a leading member of the Arundel Club after 1883, when he was elected to the Garrick Club (3 March), he was mainly found there. In July 1883, on the death of Henry Frederic Turle, he became editor of Notes and Queries, and retained the position for life. Knight contributed the causerie signed "Sylvanus Urban" to the Gentleman's Magazine from 1887 till near his death, and he was a reviewer of general literature for the Athenæum. At Marston's house he met authors and playwrights Thomas Purnell introduced him to Swinburne, to whom and Dante Gabriel Rossetti he became close. Early associates included John Westland Marston and Sebastian Evans. In London Knight moved in literary and dramatic circles. ![]() Grave of Joseph Knight in Highgate Cemetery ![]()
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