Gerald Hocken Knight


Gerald Hocken Knight CBE was a cathedral organist, who served at Canterbury Cathedral.

Background

Gerald Hocken Knight was born on 27 July 1908 in Par, Cornwall, the only son of Alwyne Knight of Par by his first wife Edith Harvey and descended from yeomen, the Knights of Luxulyan. Gerald was educated at Truro Cathedral School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was an articled organ pupil of Hubert Stanley Middleton at Truro Cathedral.
Director of the Royal School of Church Music 1954-1973.
He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music in 1964.

Publications

Together with John Dykes Bower, he co-edited the "revised edition" of Hymns Ancient and Modern, which was published in 1950. In addition, he published the following compositions and books:
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