Eric Knight

Eric Oswald Mowbray Knight (April 10th, 1897 - January 15th, 1943) was the creator of Lassie and author of the first Lassie book, Lassie Come-Home.

Biography
Eric Knight was born in Menston in West Yorkshire, in England in 1897. During his life he worked as a novelist and screenwriter. His notable works include Lassie Come-Home published in 1940, and This Above All, published in 1941''. Eric Knight married twice, first to Dorothy Caroline Noyes Hall on July 28th, 1917 and had three daughters with, though who he later divorced, and was later married to Jere Brylawski on December 2nd, 1932. ''He served in the Canadian Army during World War 1, and served in the American Army during World War 2. In 1943 he was killed in a plane crash over South America.