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Tipo de entidade
Pessoa singular
Forma autorizada do nome
Knight, Maxwell
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Outra(s) forma(s) de nome
- Charles Henry Maxwell Knight
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Área de descrição
Datas de existência
1887-1968
Histórico
Charles Henry Maxwell Knight was a British spymaster, naturalist and broadcaster, reputedly a model for the James Bond character 'M'. He played major roles in surveillance of an early British Fascist party as well as the main Communist Party. He penned numerous books about natural history and animals. After his death, the Maxwell Knight Memorial Fund was set up, which provided for the Maxwell Knight Young Naturalists' Library in the education centre of the Natural History Museum. After Knight's death, a wildlife memorial fund was established in his name, headed by David Attenborough and Peter Scott