Pitcairn-Knowles, Andrew

Born in 1871 in Rotterdam, the son of a retired Scottish wool manufacturer, Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles grew up in Weisbaden, Germany. After a brief time at the Royal Military College Sandhurst, he studied photo chemistry in Freiburg, Berlin and Vienna before settling in Berlin.

Pitcairn-Knowles was a keen sportsman, and founded many sporting clubs, among them Berlin Academic Sports Club, the Anglo American Club, Berlin Skating Club, Berlin Golf Club, Berlin Lawn Tennis Club, and Berlin Hockey and Bicycle Polo Club. His interest in sport led him to launch the journal Sport im Bild in 1895 and he went on to edit and contribute articles and photographs to other magazines and journals.

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