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Captain C.W.R. Knight M.C., F.R.P.S., F.Z.S. was a well known British falconer and writer on, and promoter of, falconry. He, and his eagle Mr Ramshaw, feature prominently in the 1943 film I Know Where I'm Going!.[1][2]

Selected publications

  • Knight, C. W. R. (1946). Aristocrats of the air. London, Williams and Norgate.
  • Knight, C. W. R. (1933). Mr. Ramshaw, my eagle. London, Arrowsmith.
  • Knight, C. W. R. (1922). Wild life in the tree tops. 53 illus. from photographs taken by the author. New York, G.H. Doran.

References

  1. ^ Cobham, David (2014) A Sparrowhawk's Lament: How British Breeding Birds of Prey Are Faring, Princeton University Press
  2. ^ Beecroft, Paul & Peter Devers (undated) ‘We Were Falconers’ Captain C.W.R. Knight 1884–1957, Falconry Heritage Trust Website
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