Knight, Grant Cochran, 1893-1956

Author, teacher.

Knight, a graduate of Albright College, received his MA from Gettysburg College. He joined the English faculty at the University of Kentucky in 1923, and remained with that department the rest of his life. He was the first person honored by the university's College of Arts and Sciences as "Distinguished Professor of the Year," and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Albright in 1951. His works included JAMES LANE ALLEN AND THE GENTEEL TRADITION, a biography of the Kentucky author, and two volumes of a planned trilogy on American literature at the turn of the twentieth century. The two volumes were THE CRITICAL PERIOD IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1890-1900 and THE STRENUOUS AGE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1900-1910. He was engaged in research for the third volume at the time of his death in 1956.

From the description of Grant C. Knight papers, 1924-1955. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13571911