Clara Millicent Knight (died 31 July 1950) was a British classicist and academic, specialising in comparative philology and classical literature.
Knight was educated privately, and then studied classics at King's College, London, graduating with a second class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1909. In 1914, she was also awarded a Doctor of Literature (DLit) degree.
Knight taught at the University of London from 1910. In 1914, she was teaching at University College, London and King's College for Women. In 1916, she was a lecturer in classical literature at her alma mater King's College, London. She rose to become Reader in Classics (1929–1945) at King's College. In addition to her teaching, she was a Member of Council of the Hellenic Society and of the Council of the Classical Association.
Selected works
- Knight, Clara M. (1914). "The Importance of the Veronese Palimpsest in the First Decade of Livy". The Classical Quarterly. 8 (3): 166–180. ISSN 0009-8388.
- Knight, Clara M. (1918). "The TO- Participle with the Accusative in Latin". The American Journal of Philology. 39 (2): 184–192. doi:10.2307/289531. ISSN 0002-9475.
- T. Macci Plauti (1919). Knight, Clara M. (ed.). Menaechmi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Knight, Clara M. (1921). "The Time-Meaning of the To-Participle in Vergil". The American Journal of Philology. 42 (3): 260–264. doi:10.2307/289584. ISSN 0002-9475.
- Knight, Clara M. (1921). Greek and Latin adverbs and their value in the reconstruction of the prehistoric declensions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
References
- ^ "Knight, Clara Millicent, (died 31 July 1950), writer; late Reader in Classics in University of London (King's College)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U227843.
- Horowitz Murray, Janet; Stark, Myra (eds.). The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions: 1909-1910. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 9781315394923.
- ^ 'Doctor of Literature: Honours and Higher Degrees: Internal Students', in University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)( London, 1926), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-university-graduates/158-159 .
- ^ "Dr. Clara M. Knight". The Times. No. 51759. 2 August 1950.
- Walters, William Charles Flamstead; Conway, Robert Seymour; Daniel, Constance I. (1916). Deigm: a first Greek book. London: John Murray.
Miss Clara M. Knight, D.Lit., Classical Lecturer in the University of London King's College
- UNIVERSITY OF LONDON KING'S COLLEGE: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DELEGACY FOR THE SESSION 1949-50. 1950. p. vi.