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Helen C. (Helen Cross) Knight
1814–1906
A 19th-century American writer and editor, she wrote lively biographies and historical books for general readers, including works on Hannah More and the Stephensons. Her career was closely tied to religious publishing and to the reading culture of New England.
2 Audiobooks
The Rocket: The Story of the Stephensons, Father and Son
by Helen C. (Helen Cross) Knight
"Puffing Billy" and the Prize "Rocket" or, the story of the Stephensons and our Railways.
by Helen C. (Helen Cross) Knight
About the author
Born in Portland, Maine, in 1814, Helen Cross Knight was an American author who later became widely known as Helen C. Knight after her marriage. Records connected with her books and author listings place her life between March 5, 1814, and November 12, 1906.
Knight wrote biographies, religious works, and historical narratives, and several of her books remained visible long after her lifetime through library catalogs and Project Gutenberg editions. Among the works associated with her are A New Memoir of Hannah More; or, Life in Hall and Cottage, Lady Huntingdon and Her Friends, and books on the early railway pioneers George and Robert Stephenson.
Sources also describe her as an editor of The Child’s Paper and note her involvement in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, civic and religious life. She seems to have written for readers who wanted history and moral biography in a clear, approachable style, which helps explain why her books continued to circulate in reprints and digital archives.