Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Eric Oswald Mowbray Knight (10 April 1897 – 15 January 1943) was an English author who is mainly notable for creating the fictional collie Lassie. He took American citizenship in 1942 shortly before his death.Born on 10 April 1897, in Menston in Yorkshire, England, Eric Mowbray Knight was the third of four sons born to Frederic Harrison and Marion Hilda (née Creasser) Knight, both Quakers. His father was a rich diamond merchant who, when Eric was two years old, was killed during the Boer War.. }
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- Eric_Knight comment "Eric Oswald Mowbray Knight (10 April 1897 – 15 January 1943) was an English author who is mainly notable for creating the fictional collie Lassie. He took American citizenship in 1942 shortly before his death.Born on 10 April 1897, in Menston in Yorkshire, England, Eric Mowbray Knight was the third of four sons born to Frederic Harrison and Marion Hilda (née Creasser) Knight, both Quakers. His father was a rich diamond merchant who, when Eric was two years old, was killed during the Boer War.".