William Francis Jackson Knight, 1895-1964

Knight was the son of George Knight and Caroline Louisa Jackson. He was educated at Dulwich College and Hertford College Oxford, where he won an Open Scholarship in Classics. In the First World war he served as a motorcycle despatch rider. After the War he taught at a number of places, including All Saints School, Bloxham, and the University of St Andrews before being appointed to University College of the South West as an Assistant Lecturer in 1936. He became a Lecturer in 1937, and Reader in 1942. He founded and commanded the University College officer training corps. His publications on classical literature, begining with Vergil's Troy in 1932, eventually numbered more than a dozen.

From the guide to the Jackson Knight: lecture on Vergil's Latin, 1950s, (University of Exeter)

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