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Christina Graham Knight | |
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| Born | 1862 Aberdeen |
| Died | 20 January 1959 (aged 96–97) Teddington, Middlesex |
| Education | The London Hospital |
| Occupations | Matron, Dreadnought Branch Hospital in the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks, London |
| Honours | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
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Christina Graham Knight, OBE[1] was a nursing leader and matron of the Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital, - - the Dreadnought Branch Hospital in the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks, in London's Docklands for over twenty years.[2][3][4][5] She was a founding member of the College of Nursing (now Royal College of Nursing).[6]
Early life
[edit]Knight was born on 20 November 1862 at 1 Trinity Quay, Aberdeen. She was the third eldest of at least four children born to her parents, George Knight, a grocer and spirit dealer, and his wife Jessie. Knight worked for a while as a salesperson in a confectioner's shop before she commenced nursing.
Nursing career
[edit]Knight trained as a nurse from 1891 to 1893 under Eva Luckes, Matron of The London Hospital, Whitechapel. Afterwards, she worked as a staff nurse at the hospital for three years, before being promoted to Sister at the Dreadnought Branch Hospital in the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks in 1896.[7] In 1898 Knight was appointed as matron at the hospital, and she remained there for 21 years.[8][9] In November 1919 she resigned and was appointed matron of the Tropical Diseases Hospital, Endsleigh Gardens, London.[4][10]
She was a founding member of the College of Nursing.
Retirement and death
[edit]By the Second World War Knight had retired, and was living in Great Bookham, Surrey. She died twenty years later on 20 January 1959 at Teddington Medical Nursing Home, Teddington, Middlesex.[11] Her estate was valued at over £7500.[12]
Honours
[edit]Knight was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), in the 1918 Birthday Honours.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "King's Birthday Honours". The London Gazette: 6732. 7 June 1918 – via www.the gazette.co.uk.
- ↑ Rogers, Sarah (2026). The Matron Maker. Eva Lückes: Nursing Reformer and Nightingale Protégée. London Nurse Press. ISBN 978-1-0667751-0-1.
- ↑ "Appointments: Matrons". The Nursing Record and Hospital World. 21: 392. 12 November 1898 – via www.rcn.org.uk.
- 1 2 "Miss Graham Knight, Matron of the Seamen's Hospital". Nursing Times. 15 (757): 1164. 1 November 1919 – via Women's Studies Archive.
- ↑ Rogers, Sarah (2022). "A Maker of Matrons"? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919 (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
- ↑ The first 500000 members were Founding Members, Knight was member 20,880. See: GNC Roll of Nurses1923, p. 335
- ↑ Burdett, Henry (1898). Burdett's Official Nursing Directory. London: Scientific Press. p. 453.
- ↑ "Nursing Tropical Diseases in London". The Hospital: 60–63. 30 Apr 1904.
- ↑ "The Queen Visited". Nursing Times. 14 (671): 292. 9 Mar 1918 – via Womens Studies Archive.
- ↑ Cranna, Victoria (11 Nov 2020). "100th anniversary of opening of Endsleigh Gardens building". Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog, News & features from LAORS.
- ↑ "Sutton and Epsom Advertiser". www.britishnewspaperarchive.com. 27 August 1959. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- ↑ "Mitcham Advertiser". www.britishnewspaperarchive.com. 27 August 1959. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-09-24.