▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Official ▁Website ▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : Media ▁museum s ▁Category : W ax ▁museum s <0x0A> </s> ▁Stephen ▁Knight ▁( 2 6 ▁September ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁– ▁ 2 5 ▁July ▁ 1 9 8 5 ) ▁was ▁a ▁British ▁journalist ▁and ▁author . ▁He ▁is ▁best ▁remembered ▁for ▁the ▁books ▁ ▁Jack ▁the ▁Ri pper : ▁The ▁Final ▁Solution ▁( 1 9 7 6 ) ▁and ▁The ▁Bro ther hood ▁( 1 9 8 4 ). ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁works ▁Born ▁in ▁H ain ault ▁in ▁Es sex ▁as ▁Stephen ▁Victor ▁Knight , ▁he ▁attended ▁West ▁H atch ▁Techn ical ▁High ▁School , ▁at ▁nearby ▁Ch ig well . ▁He ▁was ▁not ▁successful ▁academ ically , ▁and ▁after ▁leaving ▁school ▁at ▁ 1 6 ▁ ▁Knight ▁went ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁sales man ▁for ▁the ▁London ▁Electric ity ▁Board ▁in ▁Ch ig well . ▁At ▁ 1 8 ▁he ▁got ▁a ▁job ▁as ▁a ▁rep orter ▁on ▁the ▁Il ford ▁P ict orial ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁the ▁Horn ch urch ▁E cho . ▁ ▁His ▁book ▁Jack ▁the ▁Ri pper : ▁The ▁Final ▁Solution ▁( 1 9 7 6 ) ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁Ri pper ▁mur ders ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁consp i racy ▁between ▁Fre em asons ▁and ▁the ▁British ▁Royal ▁Family , ▁a ▁claim ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁accepted ▁by ▁histor ians . ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁book ▁became ▁a ▁best s eller , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁several ▁works ▁of ▁fiction , ▁among ▁them