HENRY GALLY KNIGHT BIOGRAPHY
HENRY GALLY KNIGHT BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
KNIGHT, HENRY GALLY (1786-1846). —A country gentleman of Yorkshire, ed. at Eton and Camb., was the author of several Oriental tales, Ilderim, a Syrian Tale (1816), Phrosyne, a Grecian Tale , and Alashtar, an Arabian Tale (1817). He was also an authority on architecture, and wrote various works on the subject, including The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy , and The Normans in Sicily , which brought him more reputation than his novels.