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W. J. (William John) Knox-Little
1839–1918
A vivid Anglican preacher and prolific religious writer, he became one of the best-known Anglo-Catholic voices in late Victorian England. His books and lectures ranged from devotional subjects to major figures such as St. Francis of Assisi and Cardinal Newman.
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In Answer to Prayer
by William Boyd Carpenter, Theodore L. (Theodore Ledyard) Cuyler, W. J. (William John) Knox-Little, Ian Maclaren, William Quarrier
About the author
Born in 1839, William John Knox-Little was an English clergyman and author closely associated with the Anglo-Catholic movement within the Church of England. He was known for forceful preaching, public lectures, and a steady stream of religious writing aimed at general readers as well as church audiences.
His published work shows the range of his interests: practical devotion, church life, and biographical studies of important Christian figures. Among the works linked with him are writings on St. Francis of Assisi, and he built a reputation as a speaker who could turn historical and spiritual subjects into lively, accessible addresses.
Knox-Little died in 1918. Remembered chiefly as a priest-writer of conviction and energy, he belonged to a period when sermons, lectures, and religious books played a major role in public intellectual and spiritual life in Britain.