James Knowles James Knowles was an English architect, editor, and writer best known for his role in Victorian literary and intellectual culture. Born in 1831, he founded and edited The Nineteenth Century, one of the major periodicals of its era, and was closely asociated with leading writers, artists, and thinkers of the day. Knowles also wrote on architecture, literature, and legend, and his The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights helped bring the Arthurian tradition to a broad nineteenth-century reading public. His work reflects the Victorian fascination with medieval romance, moral heroism, and the cultural inheritance of English legend. Read More Read Less