Richard Payne Knight (1750–1824)
Author of History of Phallic Worship
About the Author
Image credit: Portrait by Thomas Lawrence
Works by Richard Payne Knight
Associated Works
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1750-02-15
- Date of death
- 1824-04-23
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- classical scholar
connoisseur
numismatist
Member of Parliament
archaeologist
Trustee (British Museum) - Organizations
- Society of Dilettanti
- Relationships
- Knight, Thomas Andrew (brother)
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Wormesley Grange, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Wormsley, Herefordshire, England, UK
- Burial location
- St Mary's Church, Wormsley, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
Members
Reviews
Two Essays on the Worship of Priapus. A discourse on the Worship of Priapus [and] An Essay on the Worship of the Generative Powers during the Middle Ages of Western Europe [by Thomas Wright] by Richard Payne Knight
An elegant account of phallic worship in Europe in two essays
Sexual Symbolism: a history of phallic worship. [includes] A discourse on the worship of Priapus [1786] [and] The worship of the generative powers [1866] by Richard Payne Knight
A reprint of "Two Discourses on the Worship of Priapus" (q.v.)
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 15
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 233
- Popularity
- #96,931
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 31
- Languages
- 1