Knapp, Robert T.

Biography

Robert Talbot Knapp was born January 5, 1899, in Loveland, Colorado. He received his secondary education in Los Angeles public schools and studied for three and one-half years (fall 1916 through fall 1919) at Throop College of Technology in Pasadena, forerunner of the California Institute of Technology. Knapp continued his studies in mechanical engineering at MIT in the spring semester of 1920, and he received his bachelor of science degree from MIT in the same year. Knapp returned to Caltech in 1922 as an instructor. He subsequently earned his PhD there in 1929 and became a full professor in 1951.

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