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Stephen Knight (26 September 1951 – 25 July 1985) was an English journalist and author. He is best remembered for the books ''Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution'' (1976) and ''The Brotherhood'' (1984). ==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,〔(Obituary for Knight on Casebook: Jack the Ripper by Richard Whittington-Egan )〕 and after leaving school at 16, Knight went to work as a salesman for the London Electricity Board in Chigwell.〔Adam Curtis ("Suspicious Minds" ), BBC Adam Curtis blog, 2 Aprikl 2014〕 At 18 he got a job as a reporter on the ''Ilford Pictorial''.〔 He then moved to the ''Hornchurch Echo''.〔 ''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 is not accepted by historians. Nevertheless, the book became a bestseller, and was the inspiration for several works of fiction, among them the film ''Murder by Decree'' (1978) by Bob Clark and the graphic novel ''From Hell'' by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. ''The Brotherhood'' (1984) was published at a time when Freemasonry was coming under increasing scrutiny in the United Kingdom. Knight's last book before his death was ''The Killing of Justice Godfrey'', exploring the death of Edmund Berry Godfrey in 1678, which had caused widespread anti-Catholic sentiment in England. In 1983 he became a religious follower of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and, as a part of this interest, took the name Swami Puja Debal.〔 He began to experience epileptic seizures in 1977, and in 1980 was discovered to have a brain tumour while taking part in a documentary for the ''Horizon'' television series. The tumour was removed, but returned in 1984. Stephen Knight died in July 1985 at the age of 33 while staying with friends at Carradale in Argyllshire. He was buried there.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Knight (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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