Francis Edgar "Frank" Knight (1905-1998) was a navigation instructor in the Royal Air Force during World War II, after his retirement he became an author of fiction and non-fiction.
For ten years he served in many countries, visiting scores of ports, and obtaining his Extra Master Mariner's certificate when he was 24.
He died in 1998 after publishing more than 45 books, primarily sea stories and war battles.
Frank Knight married in 1933 to Elizabeth Mather, whom he called Betty.
In 1966, Knight appeared on Blue Peter; he was interviewed by Lance Percival talking about old children's Stories which he had used as inspiration for early cartoons.