Benjamin Knight

Benjamin Knight
Born
Benjamin Brayton Knight

(1813-10-03)October 3, 1813
Cranston, Rhode Island
DiedJune 4, 1898(1898-06-04) (aged 84)
Providence, Rhode Island
Burial placeSwan Point Cemetery
Spouses
Alice W. Collins
(m. 1842; died 1850)
Phebe A. Slocum
(m. 1851)
Children5
Parents
  • Stephen Knight
  • Weltham Brayton
Relatives
  • Sophia Amelia (sister)
  • Jeremiah (brother)
  • Mary Briggs (sister)
  • Anna (sister)
  • Elizabeth (sister)
  • Robert (brother)
  • Stephen Albert (brother)
  • Dexter Newton (brother)
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Benjamin Brayton Knight (1813–1898) was a New England industrialist and philanthropist, who was a partner with his brother Robert Knight in the B. B. & R. Knight Company and was one of the largest textile manufacturers in the world when he died in 1898. Knight co-founded the large and famous brand, Fruit of the Loom.