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{{For|the American artist|Daniel Ridgway Knight}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ridgway B. Knight|
| caption =
| order =
| title = [[United States Ambassador to Portugal]]
| term_start = July 30, 1969
| term_end = February 24, 1973
| predecessor = [[William Tapley Bennett Jr.|W. Tapley Bennett Jr.]]
| successor = Stuart Nash Scott
| president = [[Richard Nixon]]
| order2 = 44th
| title2 = [[United States Ambassador to Belgium]]
| term_start2 = June 24, 1965
| term_end2 = April 16, 1969
| predecessor2 = [[Douglas MacArthur II]]
| successor2 = [[John Eisenhower]]
| president2 = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]<br/>Richard Nixon
| order3 =
| title3 = [[United States Ambassador to Syria]]
| term_start3 = January 11, 1962
| term_end3 = May 27, 1965
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = [[Hugh H. Smythe]]
| president3 = [[John F. Kennedy]]<br>[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
| birthname = Ridgway Brewster Knight
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|06|12}}
| birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|08|14|1911|06|12}}
| death_place = [[Inxent]], France
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| profession = [[Diplomacy|Diplomat]]
| spouse =
| children =
| relations =
| alma_mater = <!--Military service-->
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==Early life and career==
The son of American parents living in [[Paris]] (painter [[Louis Aston Knight]] and Caroline Ridgeway Brewster), he
Following his studies, Knight began importing [[French wine]] to the US. He
Knight joined the State Department in 1941.<ref name=":1" /> He was vice consul in Casablanca, and in 1942 took part in organizing the US landing in [[Algeria]].<ref name="IHT" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Longtime Ambassador Ridgway Knight Dies|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/09/13/longtime-ambassador-ridgway-knight-dies/52ab48c6-5426-45ac-b925-99671f7392b2/}}</ref> Knight served as U.S. ambassador to several countries, and later served as president of the American Club of Paris (1984–1989).<ref name=IHT/> From 1973 to 1981, he worked for [[Chase Bank|Chase Manhattan Bank]] .<ref name=":0" />
==Personal life and death==
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