Knight, Samuel H. (Samuel Howell), 1892-1975

Samuel Howell Knight was born in 1892, and soon came to Laramie with his family in 1893. S.H. Knight's father, Wilbur C. Knight, had accepted a position as the University of Wyoming's first geology professor. S.H. Knight attended the University of Wyoming as a prep student and an undergraduate from 1907 to 1913. He attended Columbia University in New York from 1914 to 1916 for his graduate studies. He then joined the University of Wyoming faculty in 1916 as assistant professor of geology and curator of the Geological Museum. He became a full professor and the department head in 1917. Also in 1917, S. H. Knight served in World War I in the capacity of First Lieutenant in military intelligence. In 1925, S.H. Knight established the University of Wyoming Science Camp in the Medicine Bow Mountains, about 35 miles from Laramie. The camp ran from 1925 to 1976. In his time at the University of Wyoming, S.H. Knight was involved in many facets of university life, such as serving as part of the Associated Students of University of Wyoming and the Athletics Committee in the 1920s-1940s, serving as president of the Alumni Association, sitting on the semi-centennial committee and the committee for the 75th anniversary of the University. As a researcher, his interests ranged from the rounding of sand grains by wind transportation to the physical evolution of the mountains and depositional basins of southeastern Wyoming. S. H. Knight retired from the University of Wyoming in 1963, but remained Professor Emeritus until 1966. He died in 1975.

From the description of Samuel H. Knight papers, 1869-1975. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 501075284

From the guide to the Samuel H. Knight papers, 1869-1975, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)